title: Conjoined twins: can the state mandate sacrifice surgery?
authors.affiliation: Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: L Marcel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033282:Parental Consent; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence