Square pegs in round holes: The dilemma of conjoined twins and individual rights

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 459-482

  Munro, Vanessa E ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONJOINED TWINS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFANT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PARENT; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUDICIAL ROLE; JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 0035623453     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/a020306     Document Type: Article

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