Decision-making in the delivery room: A survey of neonatologists

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 754-760

  Weiss, A R ^a,b   Binns, H J ^a,b,c   Collins Jr , J W ^a,b   deRegnier, R A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DELIVERY ROOM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGIST; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 36549027902     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211821     Document Type: Article

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