Ethics of refusing parental requests to withhold or withdraw treatment from their premature baby

R J Boyle; R Salter; M W Arnander

doi:10.1136/jme.2002.000745

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Ethics of refusing parental requests to withhold or withdraw treatment from their premature baby

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Oct 2004	305	435	48
Nov 2004	280	499	64
Dec 2004	179	286	26
Jan 2005	130	216	35
Feb 2005	115	262	62
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Aug 2005	19	80	42
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Jan 2006	44	113	61
Feb 2006	39	120	62
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Apr 2006	48	103	55
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Mar 2008	97	39	46
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May 2008	35	23	15
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Jul 2008	54	15	12
Aug 2008	79	14	13
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Nov 2008	69	21	28
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Jan 2009	45	20	8
Feb 2009	42	29	21
Mar 2009	58	24	33
Apr 2009	54	16	25
May 2009	47	18	22
Jun 2009	55	17	21
Jul 2009	17	7	11
Aug 2009	28	6	4
Sep 2009	39	24	13
Oct 2009	87	27	33
Nov 2009	81	24	36
Dec 2009	70	35	35
Jan 2010	40	21	18
Feb 2010	82	10	19
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Jun 2010	40	13	24
Jul 2010	33	8	11
Aug 2010	32	6	10
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Oct 2010	89	14	28
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Jul 2012	40	85	18
Aug 2012	31	47	16
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Jul 2013	25	138	11
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Jul 2017	48	45	13
Aug 2017	28	24	12
Sep 2017	83	71	10
Oct 2017	202	188	17
Nov 2017	204	189	10
Dec 2017	107	101	4
Jan 2018	148	136	12
Feb 2018	132	113	18
Mar 2018	185	171	22
Apr 2018	189	167	17
May 2018	125	121	10
Jun 2018	88	86	8
Jul 2018	106	104	17
Aug 2018	91	89	8
Sep 2018	142	138	8
Oct 2018	220	210	22
Nov 2018	247	241	9
Dec 2018	217	215	10
Jan 2019	230	225	6
Feb 2019	266	260	11
Mar 2019	203	177	14
Apr 2019	131	118	35
May 2019	115	103	13
Jun 2019	111	101	16
Jul 2019	106	107	12
Aug 2019	124	120	11
Sep 2019	123	110	8
Oct 2019	194	176	10
Nov 2019	204	179	20
Dec 2019	146	134	3
Jan 2020	158	123	16
Feb 2020	159	143	13
Mar 2020	125	113	18
Apr 2020	136	122	19
May 2020	121	119	12
Jun 2020	135	131	16
Jul 2020	128	128	9
Aug 2020	114	110	21
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Oct 2020	231	219	15
Nov 2020	155	145	22
Dec 2020	123	115	10
Jan 2021	168	160	8
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Mar 2021	55	43	8
Apr 2021	31	23	1
May 2021	30	25	16
Jun 2021	26	26	3
Jul 2021	23	23	8
Aug 2021	67	67	4
Sep 2021	118	118	18
Oct 2021	128	110	27
Nov 2021	69	70	20
Dec 2021	106	105	4
Jan 2022	110	94	14
Feb 2022	126	118	20
Mar 2022	114	109	16
Apr 2022	158	140	19
May 2022	140	121	25
Jun 2022	112	106	7
Jul 2022	110	109	13
Aug 2022	113	114	8
Sep 2022	147	121	20
Oct 2022	130	124	18
Nov 2022	123	119	14
Dec 2022	100	94	13
Jan 2023	75	67	10
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Mar 2023	155	144	14
Apr 2023	111	105	13
May 2023	100	96	16
Jun 2023	115	109	9
Jul 2023	127	125	11
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Sep 2023	139	131	13
Oct 2023	141	127	12
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Feb 2024	33	1	1
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Apr 2024	153	4	2
May 2024	74	1	1
Jun 2024	112	3	0
Jul 2024	51	1	1
Aug 2024	31	0	0
Sep 2024	23	2	2
Oct 2024	60	2	1
Nov 2024	70	3	1
Dec 2024	35	1	0
Jan 2025	35	0	0
Feb 2025	20	0	1
Mar 2025	13	2	2
Apr 2025	3	0	0
Total	19580	25229	5749

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