Death as an option in neonatal intensive care

A Whitelaw - The Lancet, 1986 - Elsevier
Many paediatricians believe that there are circumstances in which infants should be allowed
to die without having their lives prolonged by intensive care or surgery. During a four-year …

Withdrawing from invasive neonatal intensive care

IA Laing - Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1989 - Springer
The author of this chapter is neither a lawyer nor an ethicist. The following discussion,
therefore, touches only lightly on the evolution of neonatal care and on the legal and …

[引用][C] Enough is enough—when to stop neonatal care

IA Laing, GC Halley - Current Paediatrics, 1995 - Elsevier
Neonatal units are a luxury limited to an affluent minority of the earth's population. The
perinatal mortality is higher than 100 deaths per 1000 deliveries in some parts of the …