Clinical challenges to the concept of ectogestation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21514890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip S Wozniak (0000-0002-7863-5773, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-120 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6800 • E-ISSN: 1473-4257 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/medethics-2021-107892 |
| PMID | 35144980 |
| OpenAlex | W4211229368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
Since the publication of the successful animal trials of the Biobag, a prototypical extrauterine support for extremely premature neonates, numerous ethicists have debated the potential implications of such a device. Some have argued that the Biobag represents a natural evolution of traditional newborn intensive care, while others believe that the Biobag would create a new class of being for the patients housed within. Kingma and Finn argued in Bioethics for making a categorical distinction between fetuses, newborns and ‘gestatelings’ in a Biobag on the basis of a conceptual distinction between ectogenesis versus ectogestation. Applying their arguments to the clinical realities of newborn intensive care, however, demonstrates the inapplicability of their ideas to the practice of medicine. Here, I present three clinical examples of the difficulty and confusion their argument would create for clinicians and offer a possible remedy: namely, discarding the term ‘artificial womb’ in favour of ‘Biobag’
Bioethics · Categorical imperative · Categorical variable · Confusion · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Intensive care · Intensive care medicine · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Computer Science · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Medicine · Neonatal Respiratory Health Research · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |