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The field of neonatology is full of paradoxes. The delight and awe of new life are juxtaposed against disease, malformation, pain and premature death. Yet premature babies are born, some alive and some with such a tenuous hold on life that only a mother could dare hope that the child would survive.
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Brykczyńska, G. (1994). Ethical issues in the neonatal unit. In: Crawford, D., Morris, M. (eds) Neonatal Nursing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3101-6_17
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