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Review
. 2006 Jan;91(1):F67-71.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2004.068569.

Withholding and withdrawing of life sustaining treatment in the newborn

J Tripp  1 , D McGregor
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Review

Withholding and withdrawing of life sustaining treatment in the newborn

J Tripp et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2006 Jan.

Abstract

The rapid progress of medical technology has resulted in more opportunities to maintain the life of infants in serious and potentially life threatening situations. Whether to treat such infants is a common dilemma. The burden of these difficult decisions rests almost equally on distraught parents and relatives and on the professional staff of neonatal units. Sometimes, either parents or care teams choose to seek a decision from the courts. Ways of reaching the best possible and most inclusive consensus decisions are examined in this review.

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