Moral dilemmas in neonatology as experienced by health care practitioners: A qualitative approach

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-347

  van Zuuren, Florence J ^a   Manen, Eeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Evidence shift'; Empirical ethics; Moral dilemmas; Neonatology; Nurses; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MORALITY; NEONATOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHILOSOPHY; PREMATURITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MORALS; NEONATAL NURSING; NEONATOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33847706487     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-005-5641-6     Document Type: Article

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