Ethical issues in neonatal intensive care: perspectives for the neurologist.

Intensive medical care for neonates may present medically complex and ethically challenging issues affecting not only patients but also their families and the professionals caring for them. The consulting neurologist working with these infants and their families is frequently a key figure in determining diagnoses and prognoses. This places the neurology specialist at the center of the process by which the treating team provides parents with appropriate information, collaborates with them in making medical and ethical decisions, and supports them through immeasurably difficult times.