Medical and legal problems of nursing children with extremely low body weight

The authors analyzed the Russian legislation, scientific literature and law enforcement practice on the nursing of newborns with extremely low body weight. They used the normative legal acts, scientific articles and court decisions on this topic. There were identified the problems of legal regulation of medical care to newborns with extremely low body weight, as well as the facts of infringement of the rights of doctors in cases of mortality of such children. The authors concluded that the legal regulation of medical care for children with extremely low body weight requires further improvement, careful analysis by medical specialists, since from a legal point of view there is no balance between the interests of children born with extremely low body weight, their parents and doctors