Why do some neonatologists consider making extraordinary efforts to resuscitate low birth weight infants to be an unacceptable option?

a) The infants never survive.
b) Such efforts are very costly.
c) Such efforts are illegal.
d) The outcomes of such efforts are likely to be grim.


d) The outcomes of such efforts are likely to be grim.

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