Ethical decision-making for extremely preterm deliveries: Results of a qualitative survey among obstetricians and midwives

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Garel, M ^a   Seguret, S ^b   Kaminski, M ^a   Cuttini, M ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Pediatric Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemmas; Midwives; Obstetricians; Very preterm births

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NEONATOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 4043127498     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050410001725677     Document Type: Review

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