Ethics of maintaining extremely preterm infants

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Rijken, Monique ^a   Veen, Sylvia ^a   Walther, Frans J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

decision making; ethics; extremely preterm infants; outcome

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33947322031     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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