Discussion: End-of-Life Issues at the Beginning of Life

Hossam E Fadel Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
Malika Haque The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus-Ohio 43205
Ali M Nadroo Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York

Keywords: End of Life, Ethics, Prenatal Diagnosis, Preterm Birth, Cesarean Section, Fetal Malformations, Neonatal Viability

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/43-3-8438
Video DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/43-3-8438V

Session 7 of the IMANA/Hofstra Medical Ethics Conference was entitled "End-of-Life Issues at the Beginning of Life." This is a transcript of the discussion at the end of the panel.

Author Biographies

Hossam E Fadel, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

Clinical professor, Ob/GYN Medical College of Georgia

Malika Haque, The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus-Ohio 43205

MD, FAAP.

Clinical Professor Of Pediatrics, College Of Medicine, The Ohio State University.

Pediatrician , Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus-Ohio- 43205.

Medical Director Muslim Clinic Of OHIO/Noor Community Clinic , at The Ohio State University, Columbus -Ohio

Ali M Nadroo, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York

Assistant Prof. of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University NY Associate Director of Neonatal ICU
Associate Program Director Pediatrics, New York Methodist Hospital

Published

2011-08-23

Issue

Vol 43 No 3 (2011)

Section

Conference Proceedings

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