November 15, 2006

critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues

Speakers:
Prof Margaret Brazier, Chair of the Working Party and Professor of Law, University of Manchester
Prof Andrew Whitelaw, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, University of Bristol Medical School
Bonnie Green, Head Of Professional And Public Affairs, BLISS
Prof Linda Franck, Professor and Chair of Children’s Nursing Research, Institute of Child Health

Advances in medicine mean that families and health professionals can be faced with very difficult decisions about the care of extremely premature or seriously ill babies. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics panel briefed the media on the scientific issues raised, ahead of the report launch.