Ethical Decisions about Neonates in Norway

• Published in: Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship
• Main Author: Brinchmann, Berit Store
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Norway; Strauss; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00498.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1547-5069.1999.tb00498.x; https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00498.x

The aim of the study was to generate knowledge about ethical decision making by nurses and physicians in hospitals' neonatal units. The research question was; What ethical assessments underlie decisions about whether to start, continue, or stop medical treatment of very sick premature babies. T...