title: Selectively withholding treatment from newborn babies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hallworth
mesh_terms: D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D006113:United Kingdom