Obstetric decision-making and counseling at the limits of viability

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248.e1-248.e5

  Tucker Edmonds, Brownsyne ^a   Krasny, Sarah ^a   Srinivas, Sindhu ^a   Shea, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; decision making; periviability

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84857722121     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.11.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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