Resuscitation of likely nonviable newborns: Would neonatology practices in California change if the born-alive infants protection act were enforced?

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1088-1094

  Partridge, J Colin ^a,c   Sendowski, Mya D ^a,b   Drey, Eleanor A ^a   Martinez, Alma M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley High School   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Death and dying; Decision making; Ethics; Extreme prematurity; Health policy; Resuscitation; Selective nonintervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORN ALIVE INFANTS PROTECTION ACT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL RIGHTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 65349106491     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0643     Document Type: Article

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