Response to “Neonatal Viability in the 1990s: Held Hostage by Technology” by Jonathan Muraskas et al. and “Giving ‘Moral Distress’ a Voice: Ethical Concerns among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Personnel” by Pam Hefferman and Steve Heilig (CQ Vol 8, No 2): Navigating Turbulent and Uncharted Waters

Muraskas et al. and Hefferman and Heilig present the painfully elusive ethical questions regarding decisionmaking in the care of the extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in the intensive care nursery. At what gestation or size do we resuscitate? Can we stop resuscitation after we have started?...

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Main Author: Simpson, Thomas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1999
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 524-526
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