1 Health Policy Program and the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
This article presents several cases and certain key clinical-ethical questions associated with the provision of neonatal intensive care. Summaries of five papers on major considerations affecting these issues are included. The authors propose a moral policy stating areas of responsibility and ethical guidelines for decisions about care of newborn infants.
Submitted on November 15, 1974
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