Disputes Over Moral Standards Guiding Treatments for Imperiled Infants

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 372-376

  Kopelman, Loretta M ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Doe; Best Interests Standard; CAPTA; ethics; incompetent; quality of life

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 71549163139     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.07.004     Document Type: Review

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