LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
Daniel G. Batton, MD
Department of Pediatrics
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Ann R. Stark, MD On behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030
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The members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn thank Mr Whittall and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics for their correspondence and for calling attention to the recent Nuffield report, "Critical Care Decisions in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine: Ethical Issues."1 As Mr Whittall pointed out, the Nuffield report provides a practical framework to guide decisions based on gestational age for infants born before 25 weeks gestation.