Physician end-of-life decision-making in newborns in a less developed health care setting: insight in considerations and implementation

Background: A substantial proportion of the decisions to withhold or withdraw life‐prolonging treatment are based on the newborn's predicted poor quality of life. All previous studies on end‐of‐life decisions were done in countries with adequate support for disabled neonatal intensive care unit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta Paediatrica 2007-10, Vol.96 (10), p.1437-1440
Hauptverfasser: Verhagen, AAE, Spijkerman, J, Muskiet, FD, Sauer, PJ
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