What's in a name? The ethical implications and opportunities in diagnosing an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)

Ju Lee Oei^{1

2}, Stacy Blythe³, Lauren Dicair⁴, David Didden⁵, Anne Preisz^{6

7}, John Lantos⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Newborn Care, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
² School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
⁴ No academic affiliation.
⁵ Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health, Charleston, WV, USA.
⁶ Clinical Ethics, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Westmead and Randwick, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
⁸ JDL Consulting, Stamford, CT, USA.

Editorial

Ju Lee Oei et al. Addiction. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;118(1):4-6.

doi: 10.1111/add.16022. Epub 2022 Sep 9.

Ju Lee Oei^{1

2}, Stacy Blythe³, Lauren Dicair⁴, David Didden⁵, Anne Preisz^{6

7}, John Lantos⁸

¹ Department of Newborn Care, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
² School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
⁴ No academic affiliation.
⁵ Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health, Charleston, WV, USA.
⁶ Clinical Ethics, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Westmead and Randwick, NSW, Australia.
⁷ Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
⁸ JDL Consulting, Stamford, CT, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Diagnosis; Ethics; neonatal abstinence syndrome.

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