Abstract

SIERRA LEGUIA, Luis Alfonso  and  MEDINA ARNEDO, Julia Teresa. Bioethics and the decision making at the end of life in the neonatal ICU. pers.bioét. [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.1, e2719.  Epub Sep 01, 2023. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2023.27.1.9.

The specialized multidisciplinary team, with advanced diagnostic aids, provides care for critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care units. Not understanding death as a natural event makes it difficult to establish a balance in the treatment provided and requires a judicious assessment of benefits and burdens based on responsible ethics. The literature suggests that there is a need, in relation to the bioethical aspects of clinical practice, for training, participation and permanent presence of health professionals in decision making together with the mothers, in order to provide comfort to the newborn's family.

Keywords : Bioethics; neonatal intensive care units; family; decision making; death; newborn; therapeutics.

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