Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Ronald M. Green
Ronald M. GreenThe Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor Emeritus for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth CollegeClose

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George A. Little
George A. LittleProfessor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Medical School and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterClose

Abstract

What are the teachings of the major world religious traditions about the status and care of the premature or sick newborn? This question becomes important in the context of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) committed to the ideals of family-centered care, which encourages shared decision making between parents and NICU caregivers. In cases of infants with conditions marked by high mortality, morbidity, or “great suffering,” family-centered care affirms the right of parents to assist in decisions regarding aggressive treatment for their infant. But while there is evidence that families’ religious beliefs often profoundly shape their approach to medical decision making, few studies have tried to understand what major religious traditions teach about the care of the newborn or how these teachings may bear on parents’ decisions. This volume seeks to address this need, providing information on religious teachings to the multidisciplinary teams of NICU professionals (neonatologists, advance practice nurses, social workers), parents of NICU patients, and students of bioethics. In chapters dealing with Judaism, Catholicism, Denominational Protestantism, Evangelical Protestantism, African American Protestantism, Sunni and Shi’a Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Navajo religion, and Seventh-day Adventism, leading scholars develop the teachings of these traditions on the status, treatment, and ritual accompaniments of care of the premature or sick newborn.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Aug 2019

Print ISBN-13:: 9780190636852

Published online:: Aug 2019

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780190636852.001.0001

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Ronald M. Green, editor The Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor Emeritus for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College

George A. Little, editor Professor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Medical School and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Front Matter
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
IntroductionRonald M. Green and George A. Little
1 Judaism and NeonatologyElliot N. Dorff
2 Catholicism and the Neonatal ContextM. Therese Lysaught
3 Reading Tragedy through the Christian Story: An Anabaptist PerspectiveErin Dufault-Hunter
4 Spirituality in a Time of Crisis: A Protestant Christian PerspectiveRonald Cole-Turner
5 Muslim Biomedical Ethics of Neonatal Care: Theory, Praxis, and AuthorityZahra Ayubi
6 A Muslim Neonatologist in a Canadian NICUJuzer M. Tyebkhan
7 Shiva’s Babies: Hindu Perspectives on the Treatment of High-Risk Newborn InfantsSwasti Bhattacharyya
8 Life Before Birth: Buddhist Perspectives on Neonatal CareKarma Lekshe Tsomo
9 How Age-Old Cultural Tenets Complicate the Care of Premature or Sick Navajo NewbornsMaureen Trudelle Schwarz
10 Moral Status and Care of Impaired Newborns: An African American Protestant PerspectivePatrick T. Smith
11 Seventh-Day Adventists and Care for the NewbornGerald R. Winslow
AfterwordVincent C. Smith
End Matter
- Suggested Readings
- Index

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