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. 2006 Fall;34(3):600-10, 481.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00074.x.

The marginally viable newborn: legal challenges, conceptual inadequacies, and reasonableness

Sadath A Sayeed  1
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The marginally viable newborn: legal challenges, conceptual inadequacies, and reasonableness

Sadath A Sayeed. J Law Med Ethics. 2006 Fall.

Abstract

Decisions to provide life-sustaining medical care for marginally viable newborns present a unique set of morally complex challenges for providers and parents in the United States. This article examines recent legal trends that restrict discretionary decision-making, and critiques commonly employed ethical justifications offered to support permitting such discretion.

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