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National ethical directives and practical aspects of forgoing life-sustaining treatment in newborn infants in a Swiss intensive care unit

Published inSchweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 136, no. 37-38, p. 597-602
Publication date2006
Abstract

How do actual aspects of forgoing life supporting therapy (LST) in newborn infants compare with national ethical directives in a Swiss intensive care unit?

Keywords
  • Decision Making/ethics
  • Ethics, Clinical
  • Euthanasia, Active
  • Gestational Age
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/ethics
  • Life Support Care/ethics
  • Medical Futility
  • Switzerland
  • Withholding Treatment/ethics
Citation (ISO format)
BERNER, Michel et al. National ethical directives and practical aspects of forgoing life-sustaining treatment in newborn infants in a Swiss intensive care unit. In: Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 2006, vol. 136, n° 37-38, p. 597–602.
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