Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns: Moral Dilemmas in Neonatal Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780195048810 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 304 str.

Robert F. Weir

Opis

Who decides, and on what basis, how to treat a child with severe birth defects? Any decisions made on such cases are painful and complex, and have far-reaching consequences for society at large. Addressing the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of the issue, Robert Weir presents the first serious survey of the major arguments regarding selective non-treatment, which have been advanced by physicians, attorneys, and the judicial system.

Recenzje

A thorough and admirably dispassionate job dissecting out and examining the critical issues entangled in this problem...Presents several major schools of thought, with clear explanations of relevant legal and ethical principles...Weir's arguments are persuasive, but even the reader who disagrees with his conclusions will be impressed by his careful research of the problem and his thoughtful analysis of the issues involved.