Giving “Moral Distress” a Voice: Ethical Concerns among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Personnel

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 8 (2):173-178 (1999)
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Advances in life-sustaining medical technology as applied to neonatal cases frequently present ethical concerns with a strong emotional component. Neonates delivered in the gestation period of approximately 23held hostagemoral distress” regarding aggressive courses of treatment for some patients. Some of this distress results from a feeling of powerlessness regarding treatment decisions, coupled with a high intensity of hands-on contact with the patients and family. Lack of authority coupled with high responsibility may itself be a recipe for a different kind of futility

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