Interests and neonates: there is more to the story than we explicitly acknowledge.
Although there are many different moral arguments concerning the use of Best Interests in neonatal decision-making, there seems in practice a firm commitment to application of the concept. And yet, there is still little reflection given by practitioners about what employing a Best Interest determination means in infant care. The following lays out a comprehensive taxonomy of interest-sources in order to provide for more robust considerations of what constitutes best interests of/for neonates.
Hester
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Division of Medical Humanities, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., #646, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. hesterdm@uams.edu
D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009359:Neonatology / Q000941:ethics*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations