Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns: Moral Dilemmas in Neonatal Medicine

by Robert F. Weir

Overview

Who decides, and on what basis, how to treat a child with severe birth defects? Any decisions made on such cases are painful and complex, and have far-reaching consequences for society at large. Addressing the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of the issue, Robert Weir presents the first serious survey of the major arguments regarding selective non-treatment, which have been advanced by physicians, attorneys, and the judicial system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195048810
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/07/1986
Series:	Moral Dilemmas in Neonatal Medicine
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)