Handicapped infants: medical ethics and the law
The main purpose of this paper (1) is to draw attention to a gap between the principles of Common Law and the principles accepted by many leading medical practitioners on the ethics of allowing severely handicapped infants to die. The Common Law principles are shown in Court of Appeal judgements on...
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BMJ Publ.
1988
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-10 |
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