Baby Doe decisions: a hospital manager's perspective.
Profound changes have taken place in the treatment of seriously handicapped infants in hospitals. These changes are examined from the perspective of the hospital manager, looking at hospitals' response to the new challenges of handling "Baby Doe" types of cases, including the formation of Infant Care Review Committees in many hospitals.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D004989:Ethics; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D035082:Federal Government; D005260:Female; D033161:Government Regulation; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008297:Male; D011050:Policy Making; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment