23 Week Babies: The Price of Life

Synopsis: Babies born four months early - in the 23rd week of pregnancy - exist on the very edge of life. A few go on to become the ‘miracle babies’ of glossy magazines, but most die. Director Adam Wishart has unprecedented access to the babies born in such extreme prematurity on a Birmingham neonatal unit, and asks the difficult question: is it always right to keep them alive?
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 2011
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 9/3/2011
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: medical ethics; premature babies

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