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The Limits to Birth: Breaking the 23-Week Barrier
VHS
48 minutes
RJ250 .L51 2000
Thirty weeks was once the threshold for keeping a premature baby alive. Today, preemies as young as 23 weeks old are being saved. Has the biological limit been reached, or can it be rolled back even farther? Using several case studies, this poignant program delves into the scientific and moral dilemmas associated with saving the youngest of preemies. The impact of incubators, ventilators, breathing drugs, hypothermic therapy, delayed umbilical cord-cutting, and liquid ventilation is examined. The history of artificial womb technology, beginning with the controversial experiments of Geoffrey Chamberlain, is also considered. A BBC Production.
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