On the nature, assessment, and treatment of fetal pain: Neurobiological bases, pragmatic issues, and ethical concerns

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-532

  Gupta, Anita ^a   Giordano, James ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Ethics; Fetal pain; Intervention; Neurobiology; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL ETHICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOTE; ONTOGENY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL STRESS; SENSORY NERVE;

ANALGESIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HUMANS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34547837387     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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