Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (6 of 7): Ethical considerations

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Kelley, Maureen ^a   Rubens, Craig E ^a,b   Cash, Richard ^c   Freedman, Lynn ^c   Gavin, Amelia ^c   Hazemba, Alice ^c   Ho, Calvin ^c   Jamison, Dean ^c   Jesani, Amar ^c   Kutty, Raman ^c   Lie, Reidar ^c   Ndebele, Paul ^c   Ramanathan, Mala ^c   Rodriguez, Alina ^c   Wikler, Dan ^c   Wise, Paul ^c   Zhai, Xiaomei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics at University of Washington School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN CARE; PREMATURITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77249095204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-S1-S6     Document Type: Review

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