Ethical & Legal Aspects

Hi 99ers, Following completion of aEEG tracing how are you storing the information. We used to physically download onto disc, but with onset of flash drives wondered how it was now being stored given it’s potentially Medico legal ramifications. TIA. Please keep safe. Kind regards Alistair

Course details-Online module starting February 12th 2021 till 30th April Course Programme Registration-Contact Dr Alok Sharma on draloksharma74@gmail.com Course Structure and Fee 100 pounds

Friends, I am glad to share that an article of mine about racial disparities, titled 'I Can't Breathe' was just published. Here is the link to the full text of the article (the full text is not available if you go through the journal website). Please share widely - I hope it stimulates action by readers to reduce racial disparities in care and outcomes in the field of perinatal and neonatal care. https://rdcu.be/b6cgM

When do you declare death when a baby dies during transfer and do you continue ventilator support?

Dear Colleagues, I am attaching a link to the website for the European Neonatal Ethics Conference here. We now have the final programme There are still a few places left and you can register on https://www.eventbee.com/v/neonatalethicsconference#/tickets 250 registrations from 44 countries 20 International Speakers 12 Workshops #ENEC2019 Debates Round Tables 50 Abstracts Every Continent ENEC 2019 Final Programme.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4437279/pdf/1657-9534-cm-46-01-00001.pdf https://www.commissiononassisteddying.co.uk/dysthanasia/

This is a Spanish paper done in Mexico. A transversal research based in an electronic poll sent to Neonatologists and Pediatricians who work in NICU's in the country. We asked them if they were familiar to definitions about orthotanasia, euthanasia, limitation for the therapeutic effort and dysthanasia and which were their usual decisions with babies in end-of-life situations, their relations with families of this babies and then in the discussion we wrote about the changing in the way to manage this stage in terms of adequation instead of limitation in the therapeutic effort. RN etapa terminal - que decide el especialista_2019.pdf

Newborns in crisis: An outline of neonatal ethical dilemmas in humanitarian medicine. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dewb.12214 Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/tetiana.konchakovska

This is more a subject in the adult world, but anecdotally it is being done all over medicine... In any case, a good read! http://nautil.us/issue/51/limits/getting-googled-by-your-doctor