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Hopkins Children’S Study: Parents of Dying Newborns Need Clearer Explanation of Options - 09/15/2008
Hopkins Children’S Study: Parents of Dying Newborns Need Clearer Explanation of Options
Misunderstanding is rife
Release Date: September 15, 2008
arent-doctor discussions about whether to maintain or withdraw life support from terminally ill or severely premature newborns are so plagued by miscommunication and misunderstanding that they might as well be in different languages, according to a small but potentially instructive new study from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center reported in the September issue of Pediatrics.
For more information; http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/newsDetail.aspx?id=5322