End-of-life decision making in neonates and infants: Comparison of the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders)

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 820-824

  Vrakking, Astrid M ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Provoost, Veerle ^b   Bilsen, Johan ^b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^c   Deliens, Luc ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hastening death; Withdrawing treatment; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34249797315     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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