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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 13:57)
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he can sleep at night because he probably understands the reality of it better than youI can understand why it would disturb you, especially being father (which I am not so we have different perspectives). I guess that doctor probably has a limited budget to do the best he can for the most he can.
Premature babies take an enormous amount of resources to keep going and a good deal of the survivors will have learning difficulties and physical disabilities, and not turn out to be useful members of society.
This doesn't mean they are not worthy of life but in a world of limited reasources you have to draw the line somewhere. The resources to help a 26 weeker have a subnormal life may be better spent helping many 32 weekers survive to have normal lives.
Just because it is possible doesn't mean we should.
(, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:06, 1 reply)
The resources were there, I do not disagree with the principle, it was just the matter of fact way in which he said it, I do imagine that emotional seperation is important when decisions like this have to be taken, and just because we can prolong the lives it does not mean that we should in every case... the doctor I felt sorry for was the one under obligation to ressucitate the baby knowing full well that it was pointless...
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