Publication Date:
1983-12-16
Description:
〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Holden, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Dec 16;222(4629):1216-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6648530" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Ethics, Medical
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Humans
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*Infant, Newborn
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Life Support Care
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Organizations
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*Patient Advocacy
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Pediatrics
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Societies, Medical
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*Withholding Treatment
;
handicapped newborns has issued a statement of "Principles of Treatment of
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Disabled Infants." The statement reaffirms the rights of ill and disabled
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newborns and appears to preclude quality of life considerations in decisions
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concerning medical care. Interpretation of the principles varies among the
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signatories, however, with the American Academy of Pediatrics differing from the
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Association for Retarded Citizens in its construction of phrases such as "limited
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potential" and "clearly futile" surgery.
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
