Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability
There are various legal considerations and rare decisions of courts in western countries concerning palliative care and the border of viability in cases of extremely preterm babies. Nevertheless, on the one hand, regulations and decisions of courts describe the conditions physicians have to accept....
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| description | There are various legal considerations and rare decisions of courts in western countries concerning palliative care and the border of viability in cases of extremely preterm babies. Nevertheless, on the one hand, regulations and decisions of courts describe the conditions physicians have to accept. On the other hand, courts are also able to accept that every case can be special, and needs a unique answer. Therefore, the framework can be described as well as the medical disciplines, which should be involved in a particular case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80867961c8a24a1aa62eb84b66c00bef2023-11-23T23:33:28ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-10-01910159410.3390/children9101594Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of ViabilityReinhard Dettmeyer0Institute of Forensic Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 58, D-35392 Gießen, GermanyThere are various legal considerations and rare decisions of courts in western countries concerning palliative care and the border of viability in cases of extremely preterm babies. Nevertheless, on the one hand, regulations and decisions of courts describe the conditions physicians have to accept. On the other hand, courts are also able to accept that every case can be special, and needs a unique answer. Therefore, the framework can be described as well as the medical disciplines, which should be involved in a particular case.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1594extremely preterm babiesviabilitypalliative carerights of parentscourt decision |
| spellingShingle | Reinhard Dettmeyer Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability Children extremely preterm babies viability palliative care rights of parents court decision |
| title | Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability |
| title_full | Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability |
| title_fullStr | Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability |
| title_short | Extremely Preterm Babies—Legal Aspects and Palliative Care at the Border of Viability |
| title_sort | extremely preterm babies legal aspects and palliative care at the border of viability |
| topic | extremely preterm babies viability palliative care rights of parents court decision |
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