Multidisciplinary palliative care in unborn and newborn babies: Coordinated clinical care and psychological, spiritual, and social support must be provided throughout the process

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7802, 2011, Pages

  Kilby, Mark D ^a   Pretlove, Samantha J ^b   Russell, Alison R Bedford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS DISEASE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79954573183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1808     Document Type: Editorial

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