Medizinische Indikation
Ausgabe: 3/2020
66. Jahrgang
Indication in Neonatology - Values and Dialogues
The exercise of setting an indication may appear, on the face of it, purely as a clinical endeavour. However, looking behind the scenes of shared decision-making procedures in neonatal decision-making surrounding the limit of viability (weeks 22 to 25 of gestation), I want to argue that value judgments and biases play an important role. For that reason it is important to improve the quality of conversations with parents of extremely preterm infants and bring the respective value judgments up for a debate.
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