Rejecting the Baby Doe Rules and defending a "negative" analysis of the Best Interests Standard

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-352

  Kopelman, Loretta M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Academy of Pediatrics; Baby Doe; Best Interests Standard; End of life treatment; Ethics; Infants; Koop; Law; Neonatal; Reagan; Right to life; Sanctity of life

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 23744462884     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310591008487     Document Type: Review

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