Legal and ethical considerations: Risks and benefits of postpartum depression screening at well-child visits

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Chaudron, Linda H ^a,e   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   Campbell, Amy T ^a,b   Mounts, Kyle O ^c,d   McInerny, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Regional Early Childhood Direction Center   (United States)

^c Newborn Care Physicians of SE Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Postpartum depression; Screening tools; Well child care

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; FEMALE; INFANT; LEGAL LIABILITY; PEDIATRICS;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MATERNAL WELFARE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33846910062     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2122     Document Type: Review

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