Improving neonatal resuscitation: ethical aspects

This thesis is about ethics and neonatal resuscitation. More specifically, this thesis discussed ethical challenges that are raised after the decision to provide active care, when neonatal care providers strive to provide the best possible care. The provision of the best possible care during neonatal resuscitation can be assured throughconducting research and quality improvement activities. However, conducting these activities can be ethically challenging. By combining empirical research with ethicalreasoning, this thesis aimed to provide guidance for the ethical conduct of activities to study and improve neonatal resuscitation. The research described in this thesis was supported by grants of the Leiden University Foundation and the NWO innovational research incentives scheme (recipient A.B. te Pas: VIDI 91716428). The printing of this thesis was financially supported by Willem-Alexander KinderZiekenhuis Leiden and Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden.LUMC / Geneeskund