What does viability mean, and how likely is a fetus to be viable at 22 weeks? At 26 weeks? Why would this vary depending upon whether a person lives in a developed or a developing country?
What is the main obstacle to viability even by the beginning of the third trimester?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: This is when a fetus would be able to survive outside the womb. Survival is unlikely before 22 weeks, even with medical intervention. Even if babies do survive when they are premature, they are at greater risk for birth defects and disabilities compared to full-term babies. In developing countries, there is less access to medical supplies and facilities, so the age of viability is later than in developed countries (some time in the third trimester, depending on the country and its technology). The reason babies are so vulnerable even in the third trimester is their immature lungs.
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A) self-efficacy B) locus of control C) phenomenology D) reciprocal determinism
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