Extremely preterm birth and parental authority to refuse treatment - The case of Sidney Miller

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2118-2123

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TEXAS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 8344270908     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMlim041201     Document Type: Review

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