Abstract
Care of the critically ill newborn includes support for the birth mother/parents with regular updates around the clinical condition of the baby, and involvement in discussions around complex decision-making issues. Discussions around continuation or discontinuation of life-sustaining are challenging even in the most straightforward of cases, but what happens when the birth mother is critically unwell? Such cases can lead to uncertainty around who should assume the parental role for these difficult discussions. In this round table discussion, we explore the ethical, moral and legal uncertainties raised by coincident severe maternal and neonatal illness in the context of surrogacy.Citation
Wilkinson, D.J.C. and Pillay, T. (2022) Surrogate decision making in crisis. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(5), 290. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-107181Publisher
BMJJournal
Journal of Medical EthicsPubMed ID
33707303 (pubmed)Additional Links
https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/15/medethics-2020-107181Type
Journal articleLanguage
enDescription
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Ethics on 11/03/2021, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107181 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published versionISSN
0306-6800EISSN
1473-4257ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/medethics-2020-107181
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