Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation

by John D. Lantos and William L. Meadow

Book Overview

Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the last thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. The authors hypothesize that a dramatic shift in societal attitudes toward newborns and their medical care was both a stimulus for and then a result of developments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080188344X
• ISBN13: 9780801883446
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"