International Journal of Health Research and Medico Legal Practice

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Dilemmas at the Beginning of Life:Medico Legal Issues with the Newborn


 

Perhaps the most burdensome medical decisions, because of their solemnity, are those that involve the medical treatment of newborns at the beginning of their life, with life-threatening diseases or anomalies, because such decisions are troubled with ethical and legal dilemmas. Effective communication between the medical team and the newborn's parents is very vital in this regard.
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Perhaps the most burdensome medical decisions, because of their solemnity, are those that involve the medical treatment of newborns at the beginning of their life, with life-threatening diseases or anomalies, because such decisions are troubled with ethical and legal dilemmas. Effective communication between the medical team and the newborn's parents is very vital in this regard.