Neonatologists Judge the Baby Doe Regulations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 677-683

  Kopelman, Loretta M ^a   Irons, Thomas G ^a   Kopelman, Arthur E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN;

EID: 0023869713     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198803173181105     Document Type: Article

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