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Chapter 18 - Ethical Issues in Neonatology

from Section 2 - Consultation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2022

By
John D. Lantos
Edited by
D. Micah Hester  and
Toby L. Schonfeld
D. Micah Hester
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
Toby L. Schonfeld
Affiliation:
National Center for Ethics in Health Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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Summary

These two cases illustrate a number of crucial features about the ethical dilemmas that arise in the NICU. They highlight the ways in which ethical dilemmas for newborns are similar in some ways and different in other ways from ethical dilemmas in other clinical settings. In discussing these cases, I will try to highlight the features that ought to be of concern to healthcare ethics committees (HECs).

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Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees , pp. 157 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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