Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues
List of abbreviations
BAPM British Association of Perinatal Medicine
BMA British Medical Association
CEC Clinical ethics committee
CEMACH Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health
CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure
CT scanning Computerised (axial) tomography scanning
DDA Disability Discrimination Act 1995, 2005
DH Department of Health
EEG Electroencephalography
GMC General Medical Council
HFEA Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
LEA Local education authority
MRC Medical Research Council
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NCT National Childbirth Trust
NHS National Health Service
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NICU Neonatal intensive care unit
NNA Neonatal Nurses Association
NNAP National Neonatal Audit Programme
NSF National Service Framework
PCT Primary care trust
PVL Periventricular leucomalacia
QALY Quality-adjusted life year
RCM Royal College of Midwives
RCN Royal College of Nursing
RCOG Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
RCP Royal College of Physicians
RCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
RCT Randomised controlled trial
(L)REC (Local) Research ethics committee
SANDS Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity
SEN Special educational needs
SHA Strategic Health Authority
UNCRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child