Ethics and Medico-legal implications in delivery room emergencies.
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med
; 24(6): 101029, 2019 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31606328
ABSTRACT
There is very little law-either case law or statutory law - that regulates delivery room decisions about resuscitation of critically ill newborns. Most of the case law that exists is decades old. Thus, physicians cannot look to the law for much guidance about what is permissible or prohibited. Local hospital policies and professional society statements provide some guidance, but they cannot be all-inclusive and encompass all potentially encountered scenarios. Ultimately, the physician, the medical team, and the parents must try to reach a shared decision about the best course of action for each individual infant and each unique family. In this paper, we review some of the case law that may be applicable to such decisions and make recommendations about how decisions should be made.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physician-Patient Relations
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Resuscitation
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Critical Illness
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Delivery, Obstetric
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Delivery Rooms
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Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med
Journal subject:
PEDIATRIA
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PERINATOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article