Emotional experts: Parents' views on end-of-life decisions for preterm infants in Iceland

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-50

  Einarsdóttir, Jónína ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ethics; Iceland; Preterm birth; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHICS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67049158161     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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