Withholding hydration and nutrition in newborns

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-451

  Porta, Nicolas ^a,b   Frader, Joel ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Forgoing life support; Hydration; Neonatal intensive care; Newborns; Nutrition; Withholding food and water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT NUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 36749101978     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-007-9049-6     Document Type: Article

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