The growth of creative regions: from Alexandria to Lvov and San Francisco

Incredible advances in medical treatment and technology caused a decrease in newborn mortality as well as increase in survival of infants with serious functional and structural deficiencies. This situation creates numerous medico-legal and ethical dilemmas strictly associated with value of life with serious dysfunctions. This review presents the main bioethical options concerning the value of newborn life, usefulness of these rules in problematic situations and reasons for domination of one of these ethical points of view in practical decisions.