PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Michael White TI - The End at the Beginning DP - 2011 Dec 21 TA - Ochsner Journal PG - 309--316 VI - 11 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/309.short 4100 - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/4/309.full SO - Ochsner J2011 Dec 21; 11 AB - The clinical management of infants born with disabilities and at the cusp of viability has been a focus of attention in recent years because of medical advances as well as legislative activity. This article looks at the history, in terms of law and medical tradition, of this issue as well as how healthcare providers have been and could be affected.