RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Decision-making at the border of viability: determining the best interests of extremely preterm infants
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 773
OP 779
DO 10.1136/medethics-2019-105816
VO 46
IS 11
A1 Eric Vogelstein
YR 2020
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/11/773.abstract
AB This paper proposes and employs a framework for determining whether life-saving treatment at birth is in the best interests of extremely preterm infants, given uncertainty about the outcome of such a choice. It argues that given relevant data and plausible assumptions about the well-being of babies with various outcomes, it is typically in the best interests of even the youngest preterm infants—those born at 22 weeks gestational age—to receive life-saving treatment at birth.