Physician end-of-life decision-making in newborns in a less developed health care setting: Insight in considerations and implementation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1437-1440

  Verhagen, A A E ^a   Spijkerman, J ^a   Muskiet, F D ^b   Sauer, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Willemstad   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Ethics; Intensive care; Neonatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34548666388     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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