The influence of family characteristics on perinatal decision making

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Marcello, Kirstie R ^a   Stefano, John L ^b,e   Lampron, Kim ^c   Barrington, Keith J ^d   Mackley, Amy B ^e   Janvier, Annie ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Best interest; Comfort care; End of life decisions; Ethics; Neonatology; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 79953667581     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3010     Document Type: Article

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