Neonatal Bioethics

Author : John D. Lantos,William L. Meadow
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780801889004

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Neonatal Bioethics by John D. Lantos,William L. Meadow Pdf

Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. The authors assert that a dramatic shift in societal attitudes toward newborns and their medical care was a stimulus for and then a result of developments in the medical care of newborns. They divide their analysis into three eras of neonatal intensive care. The first, characterized by the rapid advance of medical technology from the late 1960s to the Baby Doe case of 1982, established neonatal care as a legitimate specialty of medical care, separate from the rest of pediatrics and medicine. During this era, legal scholars and moral philosophers debated the relative importance of parental autonomy, clinical prognosis, and children's rights. The second era, beginning with the Baby Doe case (a legal battle that spurred legislation mandating that infants with debilitating birth defects be treated unless the attending physician deems efforts to prolong life "futile"), stimulated efforts to establish a consistent federal standard on neonatal care decisions and raised important moral questions concerning the meaning of "futility" and of "inhumane" treatment. In the third era, a consistent set of decision-making criteria and policies was established. These policies were the result of the synergy and harmonization of newly agreed upon ethical principles and newly discovered epidemiological characteristics of neonatal care. Tracing the field's recent history, notable advances, and considerable challenges yet to be faced, the authors present neonatal bioethics as a paradigm of complex conversation among physicians, philosophers, policy makers, judges, and legislators which has led to responsible societal oversight of a controversial medical innovation.

Author : John D. Lantos
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780801883446

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Neonatal Bioethics by John D. Lantos Pdf

Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the last thirty years. This study offers an expansive view of the abstract and practical features of neonatal medicine, examining the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. Tracing the recent history of neonatal ethics, analyzing the notable advances, and considering the many lessons to be learned, the authors present neonatal medicine as a paradigm of responsible societal management of medical innovation.

Author : Eduard Verhagen,Annie Janvier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401773607

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Ethical Dilemmas for Critically Ill Babies by Eduard Verhagen,Annie Janvier Pdf

Most neonates who now survive intensive care would have died 50 years ago, and “nature” would have decided the outcomes, making ethical discussions about initiating or withholding resuscitation irrelevant. Medical developments in neonatology have changed the way we respond to diseases of neonates, to their illness, and to their parents. Not only as physicians, but also as a society. Decisions on when to start, withhold, or withdraw life-saving interventions in critically ill neonates are among the most difficult decisions in pediatric practice. These decisions are fraught with ethical dilemmas, for example deciding whether withholding intensive care –leading to death- is superior to uncertain survival with a risk of disability and the additional burden of intensive care. This book covers important ethical questions that arise in neonatal intensive care units. Questions such as, whether to intervene medically and whether we are good at predicting the outcome of fragile neonates; whether a medical intervention should be withheld or withdrawn, and who should be primarily responsible for these decisions and how?

Author : Charles C. Camosy
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780802865298

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Too Expensive to Treat? by Charles C. Camosy Pdf

The moral status of newborn infants -- Arguments against the social quality of life model -- The "weak" social quality of life model -- A constructive proposal for reforming the treatment and care of imperiled newborns.

Author : Geoffrey Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139460590

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Extreme Prematurity by Geoffrey Miller Pdf

Extreme Prematurity examines the controversial issues surrounding the clinical management of this group of neonates by the intervention of modern neonatal intensive care. The foregoing of life-sustaining treatment is of particular importance. The subject matter is very relevant because of the alarming increase in multiple and preterm births, due to the increase in women who are undergoing assisted reproductive procedures, and the large increase in premature labor. No recent book covers the subject in such comparable breadth. The first section of this very timely monograph covers the epidemiology and practices in different parts of the world; the second section covers bioethics considerations, including ethical theories, moral principles and quality of life issues; the third section covers national and international guidelines; the last section covers medical law aspects in the US and around the world.

Author : John D. Lantos
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 0801887704

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The Lazarus Case by John D. Lantos Pdf

In this volume, John Lantos weaves a story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. He draws on his experience in neonatal medicine, paediatrics and medical ethics to explore ethical dilemmas through one poignant representative situation.

Author : Geoffrey Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521517980

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Pediatric Bioethics by Geoffrey Miller Pdf

This volume offers a theoretical and practical overview of the ethics of pediatric medicine. It serves as a fundamental handbook and resource for pediatricians, nurses, residents in training, graduate students, and practitioners of ethics and healthcare policy. Written by a team of leading experts, Pediatric Bioethics addresses those difficult ethical questions concerning the clinical and academic practice of pediatrics, including an approach to recognizing boundaries when confronted with issues such as end of life care, life-sustaining treatment, extreme prematurity, pharmacotherapy, and research. Thorny topics such as what constitutes best interests, personhood, or distributive justice and public health concerns such as immunization and newborn genetic screening are also addressed.

Author : Ronald M. Green,George A. Little
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190636876

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Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Ronald M. Green,George A. Little Pdf

Each year, neonatal Intensive care units (NICUs) in the U.S. and around the world help thousands of sick or premature newborns survive. NICUs are committed to the ideals of family-centered care, which encourages shared decision-making between parents and NICU caregivers. In cases of infants with conditions marked by high mortality, morbidity, or great suffering, family-centered care affirms the right of parents to assist in making decisions regarding aggressive treatment for their infant. Often, these parents' difficult and intimate decisions are shaped profoundly by their religious beliefs. In light of this, what precisely are the teachings of the major world religious traditions about the status and care of the premature or sick newborn? Few studies have grappled with what major religious traditions teach about the care of the newborn or how these teachings may bear on parents' decisions. This volume seeks to fill this gap, providing information on religious teachings about the newborn to the multidisciplinary teams of NICU professionals (neonatologists, advance practice nurses, social workers), as well as to parents of NICU patients, and students of bioethics. In chapters dealing with Judaism, Catholicism, Denominational Protestantism, Evangelical Protestantism, African American Protestantism, Sunni and Shi'a Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Navajo religion, and Seventh Day Adventism, leading scholars develop the teachings of these traditions on the status, treatment, and ritual accompaniments of care of the premature or sick newborn. This is an essential book that will serve as a first resort for clinicians who need to understand the religious dynamics influencing anyone making a difficult decision about her sick newborn.

Author : John D. Arras,Elizabeth Fenton,Rebecca Kukla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136644849

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The Routledge Companion to Bioethics by John D. Arras,Elizabeth Fenton,Rebecca Kukla Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Bioethics is a comprehensive reference guide to a wide range of contemporary concerns in bioethics. The volume orients the reader in a changing landscape shaped by globalization, health disparities, and rapidly advancing technologies. Bioethics has begun a turn toward a systematic concern with social justice, population health, and public policy. While also covering more traditional topics, this volume fully captures this recent shift and foreshadows the resulting developments in bioethics. It highlights emerging issues such as climate change, transgender, and medical tourism, and re-examines enduring topics, such as autonomy, end-of-life care, and resource allocation.

Author : Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:948201175

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Critical Care Decisions in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine by Nuffield Council on Bioethics Pdf

Author : Annie Janvier, MD, PhD
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781487523060

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Breathe, Baby, Breathe! by Annie Janvier, MD, PhD Pdf

"Neonatal intensive care, prematurity, and complicated pregnancies"--

Author : Jessica Mesman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230594920

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Uncertainty in Medical Innovation by Jessica Mesman Pdf

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved.

Author : Michael van Manen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000226430

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The Birth of Ethics by Michael van Manen Pdf

From the time of conception, through the gestation of pregnancy, to the birth of a newborn child exists an extraordinary, emergent ethics. How does this ethics come into being when a child is conceived? How does the appearance of ethics in pregnancy differ from its emergence after birth? How does the original meaning of ethics relate to modern morality in decision making? In this book, Michael van Manen explores these ethical moral complexities and conceptualizations of life’s beginnings. He delves into perennial and contemporary aspects of conception, pregnancy, and birth to present ethics as a fundamental phenomenon in the experiential encounter between parent and child. Even in the context of neonatal-perinatal medicine, where all manner of medical technologies and illnesses may potentially complicate the developing relation of parent and child, ethics is always already present yet also enigmatic in its origin. And yet, to approach ethical moral questions, we need to understand the inception of ethics. The Birth of Ethics: Phenomenological Reflections on Life’s Beginnings is an essential text not only for health professionals and researchers but also for parents, family members, and others who care and take responsibility for newborns in need of medical care.

Author : Richard C. Sparks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN : UVA:X001497133

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To Treat Or Not to Treat by Richard C. Sparks Pdf

A thorough survey of the ethical literature regarding the treatment or nontreatment of handicapped newborns.

Author : Avroy A. Fanaroff
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323087384

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Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2011 - E-Book by Avroy A. Fanaroff Pdf

The Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in neontatology and perinatology, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Dr. Avroy Fanaroff, Emeritus Professor as Case Western Reserve University, is a key opinion leader who has been a driving force in the field for many years. He authors many commentaries himself and has assembled top experts to select the most important journal articles and write commentaries that evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to patient care. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! This annual covers all aspects of care from the fetus, postnatal growth, labor and delivery, infectious diseases, respiratory disorders, cardiovascular health, and gastrointestinal health to name a few. The Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine publishes annually in November.