Moral obligations of nurses and physicians in neonatal end-of-life care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-589

  Epstein, Elizabeth Gingell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; end of life; ethics; moral obligations; newborn intensive care unit; nurse; physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77956093368     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010373009     Document Type: Article

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