Newborn infants and the moral significance of intellectual disabilities

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-121

  Vehmas, Simo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Infanticide; Moral judgments; Utilitarianism; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN RELATION; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; NEWBORN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

DISABLED CHILDREN; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0033140359     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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