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The handle https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3178044 holds various files of this Leiden
University dissertation.
Author: Boer, M.C. den
Title: Improving neonatal resuscitation: ethical aspects
Issue Date: 2021-05-20
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IMPROVING NEONATAL RESUSCITATION:
ETHICAL ASPECTS
1. By providing insight into stakeholders’ perceptions of consent for DR studies, consent for these studies can become both ethically valid and valuable. This thesis
2. Although observational studies do not qualify for a deferred consent approach according to prevailing legislation, a deferred consent approach can be appropriate for observational DR studies. This thesis
3. Reviewing neonatal resuscitation is a powerful tool for learning and improving patient safety and the quality of provided care during neonatal resuscitation. This thesis
4. When preconditions of a safe learning environment are met, recording and auditing neonatal resuscitation is highly recommendable. This thesis
5. Sharing recordings of neonatal resuscitation with parents can benefit the neonate, its parents and its neonatal care providers. This thesis
6. Recent scientific data from experimental studies that involve animals in transition and human studies using physiological measurements at birth have increased the awareness as to how little we know about how [interventions at birth] interact and integrate with the infant’s changing physiology. te Pas et al, Neonatology 2019;115;392-397
7. While antenatal consent is ideal, there may be some instances where a more ethical approach may actually be waiver or deferred consent. Rich and Katheria, Frontiers in Pediatrics 2019;7;493 8. By advancing the conduct of learning activities, clinical care can be continuously studied,
innovated and improved. Solomon and Bonham, Hastings Center Report 2013;43(s1):S2-S3 9. Empirical ethics should be about everyday forms of care, not, or at least not exclusively, about
the big ethical issues we all know from the media. Willems and Pols, Medische antropologie 2010;22;1 modified
10. Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. William Bruce Cameron
As a qualitative researcher, I used this quote many times to express the value of qualitative research for medical research. However, true improvements in medicine can only be made by combining qualitative and quantitative research.
11. All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things. Stephanie Kwolek
Great things can happen if you play when conducting research. 12. If at first you don't succeed, have some cake. Charlie Mackesy
Research is teamwork, and I was lucky to be part of a team where having cake together was the answer to both success and frustration.
