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When Parents Make Life-and-Death Decisions in the NICU Based on Cultural Views About Disability

Speaker(s)

Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture

Commentator: Sadath Sayeed, JD, MD, Harvard University
Case Presenter: David Woodrum, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Date

5.13.10

Drs. Sayeed and Woodrum discuss a case related to an infant with moderate disabilities whose parents plan to return to a country that does not provide medical support for children with disabilities.