Born too soon, too small, to die--a plea for a fair innings.

نویسندگان

  • J Smith
  • C H Pieper
  • G F Kirsten
چکیده

In this 50th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) it is appropriate to call for fairness in the allocation of resources to prevail on behalf of extremelylow-birth-weight (ELBW) infants weighing between 800 and 1 000 g or of a gestational age (GA) of 27 28 weeks. The Writing Group for the Consortium for Health and Human Rights recently invited institutions that teach and train health professionals to explore and embrace the link between human rights and health.! The UDHR, of which our government is a co-signatory, states that all people are born equal in dignity and rights and that these rights are guaranteed to everyone. Yet in medicine, dignity and equality appear to be neglected or unevenly protected.!

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

دوره 89 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999