Compelled Compassion
Subtitle: Government Intervention in the Treatment of Critically Ill Newborns (Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: February 20, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780896032248
Subjects: Central government policies; Ethics & moral philosophy; Neonatal medicine; United States; Moral and ethical aspects; Medical Ethics; Neonatology; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; Perinatology & Neonatology; Neonatal intensive care; Ethics; Medical / Ethics; Law and legislation
First sentence: A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is characterized by premature and disabled patients with life-threatening conditions, highly trained medical and nursing specialists, state-of-the-art medical technology, an endless stream of medical consultants, parents grappling with frightening possibilities, and numerous decisions that have to be made in the midst of impenetrable uncertainty.