title: The limits of viability.
abstract: We provide an ethical analysis of the divergence of mortality and potential morbidity in very premature infants. Based on this ethical analysis we conclude that at this time viability should be at 24 weeks or greater and not at 23 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, NY, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Chervenak
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCullough
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005328:Fetal Viability / Q000941:ethics*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D014481:United States