Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, extreme prematurity, comfort care only, and the principle of justice

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 186-189

  Mercurio, Mark R ^a   Peterec, Steven M ^a,b   Weeks, Bevin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lawrence and Memorial Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ARTICLE; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINAL CARE;

ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 48249139852     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0143     Document Type: Note

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