Decision Zone at the Margins of Life and Good Health: The Role of Medical Staff Guidelines for the Care of Extremely Early Gestation Pregnancies and Premature Infants.

Authors :: Dirksen, Kevin M.
Kaempf, Joseph W.
Tomlinson, Mark W.
Schmidt, Nicole M.
Source :: American Journal of Bioethics. Jan2017, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p89-91. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The article discusses the development of medical staff guidelines for the care of extremely early gestation pregnancies and premature infants. Topics covered include the goal of promoting a paradigm based on sound principles and practice, the purpose of the perinatal ethics consultation and the concern raised over the omission of any mention of an antenatal/periviability counseling dialogue.

Subjects :: *RESUSCITATION
*MATERNAL health services
*DECISION making
*ETHICS committees
*PREMATURE infants
*MANAGEMENT
*EVALUATION of medical care
*MEDICAL ethics
*MEDICAL protocols
*NEONATAL intensive care
*DECISION making in clinical medicine
*ETHICAL decision making
*CHILDREN
*ETHICS

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