Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment

Short-term outcome of treatment limitation discussions for newborn infants, a multicentre prospective observational cohort study
Narendra Aladangady, Chloe Shaw, Katie Gallagher, Elizabeth Stokoe, Neil Marlow, for Collaborators Group

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Mar 2017, 102 (2) F104-F109; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310723

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Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment