Categorizing Neonatal Deaths: A Cross-Cultural Study in the United States, Canada, and The Netherlands

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Verhagen, A A Eduard ^a   Janvier, Annie ^b   Leuthner, Steven R ^c   Andrews, B ^d   Lagatta, J ^d   Bos, Arend F ^a   Meadow, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d McClean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY ROOM; DYING; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 72049100665     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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