Attitudes and practices of cardiologists and surgeons who manage HLHS

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Prsa, Milan ^a   Holly, Crystal D ^a   Carnevale, Franco A ^b   Justino, Henri ^c   Rohlicek, Charles V ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPASSIONATE; EMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORTH AMERICA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77649121220     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1678     Document Type: Article

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