The growth of creative regions: from Alexandria to Lvov and San Francisco

• Authors: Janusz Gadzinowski , Aleksandra Jopek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Incredible advances in medical treatment and technology caused a decrease in newborn mortality as well as increase in survival of infants with serious functional and structural deficiencies. This situation creates numerous medico-legal and ethical dilemmas strictly associated with value of life with serious dysfunctions. This review presents the main bioethical options concerning the value of newborn life, usefulness of these rules in problematic situations and reasons for domination of one of these ethical points of view in practical decisions.

Keywords

EN

sanctity of life; quality of life; neonatal ethical dilemmas

• Publisher: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN
• Journal: Nauka
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2007

online

2015-08-10

Contributors

author

Janusz Gadzinowski

author

Aleksandra Jopek