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Deciding Who Lives: Fateful Choices in the Intensive-Care Nursery
Deciding Who Lives Fateful Choices in the IntensiveCare Nursery Author:Renee R. Anspach In this powerful and probing look at the reality of everyday choices in neonatal intensive care units, Rene Anspach explores the life-and- death dilemmas that have fueled national debate. Using case studies taken during sixteen months of extensive interviewing and observation, Anspach examines the roles of parents, doctors, nurses, and bioeth... more »icists in deciding whether critically ill newbornsbe they premature, terminally ill, or severely malformedshould be saved by medical technology, or at least kept alive a little longer.« less