... an unnecessary risk. This article explores the ethical arguments pertaining to analgesia and sedation during the LISA technique, concluding that a standardized approach to the usage of pharmacological sedation is undesirable. Moreover, we maintain that procedural analgesia and sedation should be based...

... the underpinning principles of ethical research with a focus on perinatal clinical research in the acute care or emergency setting where particular challenges to parental engagement and informed consent exist. Results: Several approaches to improving the validity of the consent process for perinatal research have...

...Eric S. Shinwell Infants born at the limits of viability present neonatologists in particular and society in general with difficult challenges. Ethical and legal considerations establish a framework for action, although this varies between countries, departments and individuals and shows dynamic...

... considered the researchers to be at fault for failing to foresee an unexpected trial result, and for randomizing babies to receive oxygen within the accepted standard-of-care limits. The ruling further implies that the regulators consider that clinicians are acting ethically when they deliver an accepted...