Début et fin de vie à la limite de la viabilité : questions éthiques

Neonatologist regularly faces up to care infants of borderline viability. Parents participate in the decision-making. From 24 to 26 weeks of gestation, we still speak of a “grey zone” in which the ethical issue about intensive resuscitation is crucial. The author presents some ethical viewpoints and clinical considerations highlighted by neonatologists. He also put a question about the ending of life option in hopeless and unbearable neonatal medical situations.