Interests and neonates: There is more to the story than we explicitly acknowledge

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-372

  Hester, D Micah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Harm; Parental authority; Participatory process; Pragmatic ideals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NEGLIGENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL CARE; WELLBEING;

CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEONATOLOGY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 36749080960     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-007-9048-7     Document Type: Article

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