Resumen

ALONSO URIA, Rosa Ma.; MAGRANER TARRAU, María Esther; RODRIGUEZ ALONSO, Beatriz  y  PUPO PORTAL, Lourdes. Complex decision making at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2006, vol.32, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3062.

An ethic reflection was made on the management of severity, handicap and death in the newborns admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units, and on the relationship established among the medical team, the patients and the family. Suggestions are given for making complex decisions in certain situations, and in relation to the mode of acting based on ethic, scientific and humanitarian principles.

Palabras clave : Complex decision making; management of death and neonatal severity; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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