Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2016, Pages E175-E182

  Marshall, Mary Faith ^a   Tucker Edmonds, Brownsyne M ^a   Filo, Ashley R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COERCION; COURT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84992357364     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001485     Document Type: Article

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