Relationship of neonatologists' end-of-life decisions to their personal fear of death

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Barr, Peter ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERINATAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33947272250     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.094151     Document Type: Article

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