Care of an infant with lethal malformation: Where do we draw the line?

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; JUSTICE; LETHALITY; LETTER; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRISOMY 18;

EID: 83155182504     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2869A     Document Type: Letter

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