… Parents and clinicians have moral rights and legal obligations to make treatment decisions in
… survival but also survival without neurodevelopmental impairment over time with advances …

… Baby Doe rulings, the case law that lays the foundation for the model of shared medical
decision-making currently operating in the US. We examine how these legal … as an ethical ideal, …

… key legal principles, ethical frameworks and theories including the best interest principle in
relation to decision-making for the babies and families. The fundamental legal perspective in …

… Impairments may also be a source of considerable social … poorly when faced with a
handicapped or impaired baby.50 , 51 … individual persons with distinct moral and legal rights.70 …

… the ethical considerations in neonatal care concerning … regulate ethical and legal questions
concerning the care of the … Therefore, the risk of death or profound impairment for infants …

… , legal, ethical, religious, and social concerns. These … law mandate that, as a requirement
for federal funding, hospitals and physicians must provide maximal care to any impaired infant, …

… die or are physically and cognitively permanently impaired during birth due to a recurring …
lack of due care and that this innately implies negligence in both the moral and legal sense. …

… legal issues involved when withdrawal of treatment cases come to court, 2 particularly the
application of the best interests test as it applies to severely impaired infants. … the major moral …

… This chapter likewise reviews regulatory precedents in perinatal care … care of handicapped
children and neonates born at any stage of development that subsequently have implications …

… neonates and infants cannot make decisions about the appropriate use of technology based
on their own personal values, the central ethical … , it is not ethically or legally valid in the …