Physicians' use of guidelines and attitudes to withholding and withdrawing treatment for extremely premature neonates in Norway

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 825-829

  Miljeteig, Ingrid ^a,b   Markestad, Trond ^a   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethics; Extreme premature infants; Guidelines; Withdrawing treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORWAY; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORWAY; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34249783945     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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