Kristie McNealy, MD

Note – You can check out an important update to this post here.
Earlier this year, octomom Nadia Suleman made a sensation when she gave birth to octuplets, but now a mom in Tunisia is heading straight for the record books by reportedly attempting to carry 12 babies.  Yes, you read that right – I said [...]

Recently, my post about the HR 3200 healthcare reform bill sparked a little debate in the comments about neonatal resuscitation in extremely premature babies.  I, like many parents of preemies, have strong opinions about how I would want my own child cared for if they were born very premature (before 25 weeks).  However, aside from [...]

As I mentioned earlier this week, there is a really interesting series on ethics and prematurity going on over at the Preemie Experiment. While reading the resulting comments, it occurred to me that average person on the street probably doesn’t have a very good understanding of the fundamentals of ethical decision making as it [...]