| Ethical issues in the delivery room: resuscitation of extremely low birth weight infants. | |
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PMID: 11930460 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The neonatal team attending high-risk deliveries is often faced with difficult ethical decisions concerning aggressive cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infants of 22-24 weeks gestational age (GA). These decisions are often based on the ethical principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, futility, autonomy, quality of life, and best interests and legal rights of the infant. Three delivery room recommendations are discussed along with their legal and ethical considerations. The perinatal and neonatal intensive care nurse must understand the moral, ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities and their effect on her/his own judgment decisions. These, in turn, will affect the infants, their parents, and other colleagues. |
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Authors:
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M A Wilder |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing Volume: 14 ISSN: 0893-2190 ISO Abbreviation: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs Publication Date: 2000 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-04-04 Completed Date: 2002-04-25 Revised Date: 2004-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8801387 Medline TA: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 44-57 Citation Subset: E; N |
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Pediatrix-Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. |
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* Delivery Rooms Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Medical* Ethics, Nursing* Female Fetal Viability Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature* Infant, Very Low Birth Weight* Medical Futility Neonatal Nursing* Patient Rights Pregnancy Quality of Life |
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