Ethical Reflection On The Cure Of Premature Infants
- VernacularTitle:对早产儿救治中伦理问题的思考
- Author:
Tingting XU
;
Yongfu CAO
;
Botao ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pre-term infant;
ethics;
Informed-consent
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1996;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
With the development of the neonatal intensive care technology,the livability of premature infants arises greatly.But the evidently increased handicap and unknowable prognosis have brought series of social problems.The author assumed that!abandoning or ending treatment of premature infants who have no social value after cure and who are about to die soon after born correspond to ethics principle.Hospital ethics committee should play role in the decision making of cure.