Abstract
Palliative care in newborns may take place in the delivery room and then continued either in maternity wards or in the neonatal unit. For babies developing a chronic condition, going home may be advantageous. The population concerned includes babies born with a severe intractable congenital malformation and certain extremely preterm newborn babies at the limits of viability. Care procedures as well as withholding and withdrawing treatments are reviewed.
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MeSH terms
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Adult
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Congenital Abnormalities / diagnosis
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Congenital Abnormalities / therapy*
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Cooperative Behavior
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Critical Pathways / ethics*
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Critical Pathways / legislation & jurisprudence
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Ethics, Medical*
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France
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Humans
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Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis
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Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy*
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Interdisciplinary Communication
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Life Support Care / ethics
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Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence
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Medical Futility / ethics
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Medical Futility / legislation & jurisprudence
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Palliative Care / ethics*
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Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
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Patient Care Team / ethics*
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Patient Care Team / legislation & jurisprudence
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Professional-Family Relations / ethics
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Withholding Treatment / ethics
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Withholding Treatment / legislation & jurisprudence