Hastings Cent Rep. 2020 Sep;50(5):5-6. doi: 10.1002/hast.1177.
The neonatologist was describing the dire situation, the complexity of the fetus's anomalies, and the options-comfort care, some resuscitation-and finished by saying, "We would not recommend ECMO …" "We would not recommend" is a curious phrase. There is something ambiguous, very nebulous about it, something passive, noncommittal, maybe even deflective. As a bioethics researcher, I wondered how this phrase is interpreted, how it influences parents' moral deliberation over their options.
新生儿科医生描述了危急的情况，胎儿异常的复杂性，以及可供选择的方案——舒适护理、一些复苏措施——最后说，“我们不建议使用 ECMO……” “我们不建议”是一个奇怪的短语。它有些含混不清，非常模糊，有些被动、不置可否，甚至可能有些转移话题。作为一名生物伦理学研究员，我想知道这个短语是如何被解释的，它如何影响父母对其选择的道德思考。
