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The power of modern technology to save the lives of infants who would previously have perished evokes a response of admiration and wonder when the result is successful, but something nearer anguish and recrimination when the outcome is less favourable.
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Whyte, D.A. (1989). Ethics in neonatal nursing. In: Brykczyńska, G.M. (eds) Ethics in paediatric nursing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3268-6_2
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