Babies born with major disabilities: The medical-legal interface

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 310-319

  Ward, C ^a   Myers, N A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormality; Disability; Ethics; Legal; Neonatal; Selective non treatment

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032775711     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050589     Document Type: Review

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