Critically Ill Newborn

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Social Issues

 

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David H

 

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April 30, 2015

 

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University

 

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Several court decisions and legislative enactments described below, have centered on the question of who should have the ultimate authority over whether these infants live or die. Prior to 1982, the decision whether to provide life saving medical treatment to these disabled infants was made privately, by doctors within the physician-patient relationship, after consultation with the infant’s parents...
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Usually, physicians deferred to the wishes of the parents, American Academy of Pediatrics v. Heckler, 561 F.Supp. 395 (D.C. Cir., 1983). However, in many instances of severely handicapped infants, doctors would make the decision to withhold medical treatment on their own, while the parents were not aware of available options...
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