… on quality of life, not medical, considerations. Also, the idea of inhumane treatment allows
ethical judgments which weigh the suffering of the infant against the doubtful prospects of life-…

… handicapped infants to die when nonhandicapped infants in similar circumstances would
be saved. The notice was saying, in effect, that no matter how severe an infant's handicap …

… cal revolution in medicine. Rapidly advancing medical technology has provided the means
for treating and sustaining many premature and severely handicapped infants who would …

… insufficient education about handicapping and chronic conditions and medical ethics as well.
… cannot really afford to keep alive severely handicapped infants. But some newspapers also …

… to assure that cases of medical neglect of handicapped infants are investigated by the states.
… of medical neglect of handicapped infants with life-threatening conditions is an ethically …

… an infant nutritional sustenance or treatment required to correct a life-threatening condition
if: (1) the withholding is based on the fact that the infant is handicapped; and (2) the handicap …

… In recent years the tentative solutions to long-standing ethical questions by members of
the medical community have given rise to many painstaking and difficult clinical decisions. …

… for handicapped infants are measured against those for "normal" infants with similar medical
… The force of this interest is lessened by the prevailing medical ethical standards, which do …

… hold newborns' treatment would ultimately increase the erosion of public … medical profession.
There is a deep issue at stake in this controversy; the issue is even more than the ethical …

… to withhold from handicapped infants nutritional sustenance or medical or … handicapped
infants ... is prohibited by federal law. Persons having knowledge of such handicapped infants …