The best-interest standard is not applied for neonatal resuscitation decisions

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 963-969

  Janvier, Annie ^a   Leblanc, Isabelle ^a   Barrington, Keith James ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best interest standard; Ethics; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RESUSCITATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 41149088989     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1520     Document Type: Article

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