Deciding who lives : fateful choices in the intensive-care nursery / Renée R. Anspach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anspach, Renee R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neonatal intensive care--Decision making.

Neonatal intensive care.

Neonatal intensive care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 303 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993]

Summary:

The social life of the intensive-care nursery when neonatal intensive care may seem less a symbol of progress than a confrontation with the problematic. These moments occur when parents and health professionals, faced with an infant who is terminally ill or who may survive with serious disabilities, must decide whether the infant will live or die. These life-and-death decisions are the subject of this book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520052684

OCLC:

25051163