Compelled Compassion Government Intervention in the Treatment of Critically Ill Newborns

Compelled Compassion Government Intervention in the Treatment of Critically Ill Newborns / by Arthur L. Caplan, Robert H. Blank, Janna C. Merrick.

In April 1982, an infant boy was born in Bloomington, Indiana, with Down syndrome and a defective, but surgically correctable, esophagus. His parents refused to consent to surgery or intravenous feeding. The hospital unsuccessfully sought a court order to force treatment, and appeals to higher court...

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Main Authors: Caplan, Arthur L. (Author), Blank, Robert H. (Author), Merrick, Janna C. (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society
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Medical ethics.
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