When the Fetus is Alive but the Mother is Not: Critical Care Somatic Support as an Accepted Model of Care in the Twenty-First Century?

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-276

  Catlin, Anita J ^a   Volat, Deborah ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Death with dignity; Post mortem cesarean section; Pregnant; Somatic support

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RIGHT TO DIE; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RIGHT TO DIE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65549099508     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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