Parent decision making for life support for extremely premature infants: From the prenatal through end-of-life period

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-60

  Moro, Teresa T ^a   Kavanaugh, Karen ^a   Savage, Teresa A ^a   Reyes, Maria R ^a   Kimura, Robert E ^a   Bhat, Rama ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

end of life; extremely premature infants; parental decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MOTHERS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951929543     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31820377e5     Document Type: Review

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