Selectively withholding treatment from newborn babies.
Whether to withhold life-prolonging treatment from a severely handicapped newborn baby is a topical moral dilemma. Some recent prominent court cases in the UK highlight the ethical issues that have to be faced when considering such a decision.
Geddes
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Department of Anaesthetics, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
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Hallworth
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D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D006113:United Kingdom