Some 15 years ago, I was asked by my department chairman to teach a course on" Ethical
Dilemmas in Pediatrics." At that time there were few reference sources available, particularly …

Conclusion The four compared surveys clearly show that paediatricians from different
backgrounds encounter these moral dilemmas in their everyday practice. Hungarian …

SINCE 1950, the number of deaths of premature% JlNCE 1950, the number of deaths of
premature babies in the neonatal period has declined steadily. Given the pace of recent …

The decision, whether to treat the 2000 severely impaired infants born each year in
Australia, where the intended outcome of such non-treatment is death, raises complex legal …

Public interest in the fate of severely damaged newborn infants has reached a new high with
two cases widely reported in the media. In April, 1982 Infant Doe was born in Bloomington …

The purpose of this article is to support and give background to a position statement
approved by the Board of Directors of CEC-MR in June, 1988. The position statement …

This dissertation attempts to answer the question: ON WHAT BASIS IS IT ETHICAL TO
FOREGO OR CEASE TREATMENT OF A HANDICAPPED INFANT? A survey of the literature …

The Medicolegal Library is the first and only series of its kind. Its importance is self-evident.
During the last decade, science, especial ly medical practice, has become an increasingly …

The decision to forego life-sustaining treatment is a heart-wrenching choice, no matter the
age of the patient, the involvement of the family or the experience of the physician. Health …

Drs. Eduard Verhagen and Pieter Sauer state that of the 200,000 children born in the
Netherlands every year, about 1000 die during the first year of life. For 600 of these infants …