Deciding to resuscitate extremely premature babies: How do parents and neonatologists engage in the decision?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1487-1500

  Payot, Antoine ^a   Gendron, Sylvie ^b   Lefebvre, Francine ^a   Doucet, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Decision making; Informed consent; Prematurity; Prenatal counseling; Threshold of viability

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; PARENTAL CARE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTHOOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33847400967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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