nbme20/Block 3/Question#21
A newborn is born with a lethal chromosome defect. ...
Feed by whatever means necessary to maintain comfort
medstudent65
Its a stupid as shit question. Some of the ethics questions on these new NBMEs are horrible.
+1 2019-06-07T00:57:48Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by yotsubato(85), 2019-06-10T12:12:59Z
"Do no harm"
Starving the baby or withholding food is doing harm. At this point you provide palliative care until the death of the baby. If the parents decide to "pull the plug" then they can do it, but as the doctor thats not your choice.