Ethical and medico-legal aspects of obstetric anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 127-129

  Barkham, Miranda ^a   Peters, Gordon ^b   Pace, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; caesarean; competence; complications; consent; epidural; ethics; fetus; headache; Jehovah's Witness; labour; medico legal; obstetrics; pain; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649106178     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/anes.6.4.127.63635     Document Type: Article

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