Withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Parental perspectives

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hellmann, Jonathan ^a   Williams, Constance ^b   Ives Baine, Lori ^a   Shah, Prakesh S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD CARE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84871610026     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fetalneonatal-2012-301658     Document Type: Article

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