Ethical dimensions of periviability

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-583

  Skupski, Daniel W ^a   Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Bancalari, Eduardo ^c   Haumont, Dominique ^d   Simeoni, Umberto ^e   Saugstad, Ola ^f   Donn, Steven ^g   Arabin, Birgit ^h   Greenough, Anne ⁱ   Donzelli, Gianpaolo ^j   Levene, Malcolm ^k   Sen, Cihat ^l   Carbonell, Xavier ^m   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ⁿ   Vladareanu, Radu ^o   Antsaklis, Aris ^p   Papp, Zoltan ^q   Aksit, Mehmet ^r   Carrapato, Manuel ^s  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^l ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁿ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^o CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^q SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^r ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Extreme prematurity; Extremely low birth weight; Limit of viability; Periviability; Premature birth; Premature labor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 78650120861     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.098     Document Type: Article

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