| Description |
xii, 292 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Infanticide: selective killing, selective punishment -- 2. The neonatal intensive care unit: locus for problematic cases -- 3. Pediatricians and selective nontreatment -- 4. Selective nontreatment and criminal liability -- 5. The law and handicapped infants -- 6. Options among ethicists -- 7. Ethical criteria -- 8. Clinical applications -- 9. Procedure: criteria, options and recommendations -- Appendix A. Cases -- Appendix B. Glossary |
| Analysis |
Handicapped children - Care - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Handicapped children - Care - Religious aspects |
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Infants (Newborn) - Legal status, laws, etc |
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Neonatal intensive care - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Newborn handicapped babies Medical care Ethical aspects |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Some material in chapter 5 has previously appeared as "The Government and selective nontreatment of handicapped infants," The New England Journal of medicine 309 (September 15, 1983) -- t.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Abnormalities, Human.
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Emergency medical services.
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Euthanasia.
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Infanticide.
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Medical ethics.
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Neonatal intensive care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Newborn infants -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Newborn infants.
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People with disabilities.
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Infant, Newborn.
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Child.
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Disabled Persons.
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Infant.
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Infanticide.
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Abnormalities
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Congenital Abnormalities.
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Disabled
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Ethics, Medical.
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Emergency Medical Services.
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Euthanasia, Passive.
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Disabled Persons.
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Infant, Newborn.
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Intensive Care Units, Neonatal.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Genre/Form |
Legislation.
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| Author |
Weir, Robert F., 1943-
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| LC no. |
83019376 |
| ISBN |
0195033965 |
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0195048814 (paperback) |
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