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Ethical Issues
The mortality rate of imperiled newborns has decreased since the inception of neonatology as a specialty. Neonatologists are now able to save smaller and sicker infants, yet this decrease in mortality has not seen a concomitant decrease in severe morbidity…
Care of the Parents
Acknowledgment The authors of this chapter gratefully acknowledge that they have built on the original chapter authored by Marshall Klaus, MD and John Kennell, MD. Both were pioneers in mother–infant bonding research and influential advocates of the principles of family-centered…
Physical Growth: Physical Examination of the Newborn Infant and the Physical Environment
There are tiny, puny infants with great vitality. Their movements are untiring and their crying lusty, for their organs are quite capable of performing their allotted functions. These infants will live, for although their weight is inferior … their sojourn…
Legal Issues in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Clinicians, especially clinicians working in the intensive care unit environment, are accustomed to a modicum of predictability. Treatment plans are generally based on years of clinical experience coupled with robust dialogue with one's colleagues. How should physicians react to the…
Medical Ethics in Neonatal Care
This chapter explores the complexity of moral problem solving in neonatal medicine. First, principles of medical ethics and key terms and concepts are defined, followed by the application of these concepts in specific moral problems that arise (1) when a…