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- Title
Making Mortal Decisions at the Beginning of Life: The Case of Impaired and Imperiled Infants.
- Authors
Morrow, Jason
- Abstract
Focuses on the moral complexities of treating impaired and imperiled infants. Debate over defending the absolute value of life and the absolute priority of liberty; Theoretical usefulness in selective infanticide; How parents are often unprepared for dealing with premature or hazardous deliveries; Necessity for neonatologists to anticipate the vulnerability of parents, and guide them through their decision.
- Subjects
MEDICAL ethics; PERINATAL care; HUMAN rights; INFANTICIDE
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000, Vol 284, Issue 9, p1146
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.284.9.1146