The role of a pediatric ethics committee in the newborn intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Mercurio, M R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardio pulmonary resuscitation; ethics; ethics committee; Newborn; newborn intensive care unit; trisomy 13

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESUSCITATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEONATOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; ROLE; TERMINALLY ILL; TRISOMY;

EID: 78650779666     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.39     Document Type: Article

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