Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns Moral Dilemmas in Neonatal Medicine

Robert F Weir

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Who decides, and on what basis, how to treat a child with severe birth defects? Addressing the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of the issue, Robert Weir presents a serious survey of the major arguments regarding selective non-treatment, which have been advanced by physicians, attorneys, and the judicial system.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195033960
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	25 Apr 1985
DEWEY:	174.24
DEWEY edition:	19
Language:	English
Number of pages:	292
Weight:	625g
Height:	230mm
Width:	150mm