Differences in Preferences for Neonatal Outcomes Among Health Care Professionals, Parents, and Adolescents
1999; American Medical Association; Volume: 281; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.281.21.1991
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Resumo2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Both the Canadian Paediatric Society 10 and the American Academy of Pediatrics 11 have issued statements encouraging the involvement of parents in decision making, and in fact, to support the primacy of parental decisions for all infants at the threshold of viability.These statements were developed by health professionals using data on the mortality and morbidity of infants at each gestational age, without explicit consideration of the values and preferences of parents or members of society.In critical care situations involving newborns, parents often assume responsibility for making important lifesustaining decisions, along with neonatologists.Obviously, the preferences of newborns are unknown, and it is assumed that parents will take the best interests of the infant and the family
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