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J Paediatr Child Health · May 2006
Case ReportsWithdrawal of neonatal mechanical ventilation against the parents' wishes.
- David Isaacs, Henry Kilham, Adrienne Gordon, Heather Jeffery, William Tarnow-Mordi, Janet Woolnough, Julie Hamblin, and Bernadette Tobin.
- Clinical Ethics Advisory Committee, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia. davidi@chw.edu.au
- J Paediatr Child Health. 2006 May 1;42(5):311-5.
AbstractNeonatologists and parents usually agree when intensive treatment should be stopped. We describe the management of two babies where there was disagreement between the parents and hospital staff, and discuss the medical, legal and ethical implications of the two cases.
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