How old are you? Newborn gestational age discriminates neonatal resuscitation practices in the Italian debate

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FETAL WELL BEING; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREMATURITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; ITALY; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 72749093814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-19     Document Type: Article

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