You are counseling a set of 17-year-old parents, whose baby is about to be born at 23 weeks' gestation. you have explained the chance of survival is low and that if the baby survives there is a high likelihood of long-term morbidity. the parents understand your discussion and clearly request that you provide life-sustaining treatment in the delivery room. how might you answer them?

The main thing that you have to clarify in such a situation is the respect that you have for the parents' decision. It is important to let them know that you understand the instructions, and that they are the only ones entitled to make the right decision for their baby. Moreover, you should let them know that you will support their decision.

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.

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