… handicapped newborn. Sparta in ancient Greece even required the killing of weak and
deformed infants.… , we will then have resolved these issues for nearly all handicapped newborns. …

Who decides, and on what basis, how to treat a child with severe birth defects? Any decisions
made on such cases are painful and complex, and have far-reaching consequences for …

… neonatal intensive care unit is the site of some of the most dramatic technology, complex
decision-making and costly activity in the current range of medical institutions. Thus, the …

The death of handicapped newborn infants, whether by … that is what it is—of a newborn
whether by an act of omission or a … You've been practicing it on newborns now for several …

… Most people prefer life to death, even handicapped … handicaps. The more difficult question
for those who must make decisions in the neonatal period is whether profoundly handicapped …

… The treatment of severely handicapped infants is a matter of increasing concern to members
… in neonatal medicine enable doctors to sustain the lives of many newborn infants who, only …

… a handicapped infant could have federal funding withdrawn.7 From my own recent visits
to American neonatal … This paper is about the 75 infants in the regional neonatal intensive-care …

… that describe the composition of a typical committee, which should include a practicing
professional nurse, as well as describing the role of a committee in developing hospital neonatal …

… that Weir's defense of nonvoluntary euthanasia for handicapped newborns has been put forth
so … l'he appearance of this book causes us to believe that handicapped newborns will soon …

… and sick infants hospitalized at regional neonatal intensive … mentally handicapped, and
trainable mentally handicapped. … in educable mentally handicapped and specific learning …