Sauer J E
Hosp Health Serv Adm. 1985 Sep-Oct;30(5):44-53.
The health sector proudly proclaims the development of new knowledge and technology which permit enhanced diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. Unfortunately, such developments may advance our capacity, but do not always provide complete cures. So-called "half technologies" often provoke ethical questions of how to deal with new consequences. Newborn intensive care units are common sites for the results of new-found ability to sustain a pregnancy to term but not assure a perfect infant. Serious ethical issues confront parents and care-givers as they struggle with decisions about seriously-compromised newborns. This article examines one unit's experience as a result of a major media exposé of its practice.
卫生部门自豪地宣称新知识和技术的发展使诊断和治疗干预得到了加强。不幸的是，这些发展可能提升了我们的能力，但并不总能带来彻底治愈。所谓的“半技术”常常引发关于如何应对新后果的伦理问题。新生儿重症监护病房常见的情况是，有了新发现的维持妊娠至足月的能力，但却无法确保婴儿完美无缺。当父母和护理人员在为严重残疾的新生儿做决策而苦苦挣扎时，他们面临着严峻的伦理问题。本文考察了一个单位在其做法被媒体大幅曝光后的经历。
