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baby dies.

A few minutes later, much to everyone’s shock and
surprise, the baby begins to breathe spontaneously. Like
Lazarus, the biblical figure who miraculously rises from the
dead (after whom this book is named), the baby appears to
have defied death. After a protracted, grueling hospital course,
the baby is then discharged with severe neurological deficits
requiring long-term hospice care and rehabilitation.
Disgruntled, the parents sue the doctor, alleging that stopping
resuscitation after 10 minutes is negligent.

This book is structured around the courtroom drama of the
malpractice suit. In each chapter the author answers questions
from lawyers, and in the process discusses our moral
obligations to critically ill babies, the meaning of medical
negligence, and the life and death decisions encountered in the
neonatal intensive care unit.

個人看法與心得〆

This book presents a dilemma that is actually quite
common in the field of pediatrics. The birth of each child is an
everyday miracle, but it is also fraught with inherent dangers
and risks. I remember vividly the first live birth I attended
alone when I was in my second year of pediatric residency.

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