Special Care by Fred M. Frohock HARDBACK 9780226265810

Name: Special Care by Fred M. Frohock HARDBACK 9780226265810
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Special CareMedical Decisions at the Beginning of Life\nAuthor(s): Fred M. Frohock\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226265810, 978-0226265810\nSynopsis\nIntensive care medicine today is as close to the miraculous as most of us are likely to see in our lifetime. Nowhere is this magic more effectively practiced than in neonatal nurseries. Infants who are born prematurely at twenty-four weeks gestation and who weigh less than a pound can now be treated successfully. No other type of medicine has a more dramatic payoff, for the infants who survive can look forward to seventy or more years of life. \n\nBut there is a dark underside to the exercise of these skills. A growing number of babies live only to be tethered to life-support systems, unconscious or suffering incessant pain for years and sometimes for the duration of their lives. The ethical issues raised by these children are among the mo.