Gestational ageism

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-572

  Wilkinson, Dominic J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITERION VARIABLE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL AGEISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84861992803     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1262     Document Type: Review

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