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  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Maternal-fetal medicine
  • Bioethics

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  • Critically ill newborns require parental support and involvement in complex medical decisions.
  • Challenging discussions regarding life-sustaining treatments are complicated when the birth mother is also critically unwell.
  • Uncertainty can arise regarding who should make decisions for the infant.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore ethical, moral, and legal uncertainties in cases of coincident severe maternal and neonatal illness.
  • To examine decision-making complexities in surrogacy when both mother and infant are critically ill.

Main Methods:

  • Round table discussion format.
  • Exploration of ethical, moral, and legal considerations.
  • Case study analysis in the context of surrogacy.

Main Results:

  • Identified significant ethical dilemmas in shared critical illness scenarios.
  • Highlighted legal ambiguities concerning parental roles and decision-making authority.
  • Discussed moral challenges in surrogacy with maternal and neonatal critical illness.

Conclusions:

  • Coincident severe maternal and neonatal illness presents unique ethical, moral, and legal challenges.
  • Surrogacy adds complexity to decision-making processes for critically ill newborns and mothers.
  • Further clarification and guidelines are needed to navigate these complex situations.