Benevolent injustice: A neonatal dilemma

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Barnum, Brenda ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent; Injustice; Neonates; Overtreatment; Prognostication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL NURSING; NEONATOLOGY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 70349216646     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3181a72d19     Document Type: Article

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