title: Bartleby in the NICU.
abstract: The doctors were frustrated. They could see only two options. Neither was very desirable. They could stop the ventilator and let the baby die. Or they could do a tracheostomy and start preparations to discharge him on a ventilator. The parents wanted a third option. They kept hoping that their baby would get better. The doctors were pretty sure that that wasn't going to happen.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lantos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D010290:Parents; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D028761:Withholding Treatment