Questions have been raised about the prevailing practice of aggressive therapy for very low birth weight infants. Advocates of care are concerned about the financial burden to society, the of life of surviving infants, and the subsequent economic and stress for their families. The author refutes these arguments for a approach and maintains, moreover, that considerations of social require initiating aggressive treatment, though without a binding to its continuation. (KIE abstract)
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