| Reconciling ethical and legal aspects in neonatal intensive care. | |
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PMID: 21888497 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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During the last two decades there has been an enormous development in treatment possibilities for the extremely premature infants and the Neonatologists have to face in their daily practice many decisional problems and ethical, moral and legal dilemmas. These concern decisions to initiate or withhold treatment directly at birth, decision to withdrawn treatment with the possible consequence that the child will die. The debate between "sanctity" and "quality" of life, aggressive treatment in relation to discrimination toward the disabled, the principle of "beneficence" and the question of "proportionality" of treatment, the concept of the newborn's "best interest" are the ethical issues discussed. According to our opinion, ethical questions should not be regulated by law and the legal system should not interfere in the relationship patient - physician. Today more than ever, every neonatologist needs to become familiar with basic ethical concepts and the legal aspects in neonatal intensive care. |
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Authors:
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Hubert Messner; Lino Gentili |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-2 |
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Title: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Volume: - ISSN: 1476-4954 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-5 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101136916 Medline TA: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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NICU, Hospital of Bolzano , Italy. |
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