• In May of 1981, Siamese twins were born to a physician and his wife in Danville, Illinois."
The infants, joined below the waist, were denied medical treatment and nourishment by …

Ethical issues are examined that involve withholding medical treatment from severely
handicapped infants. Although current laws do not sanction euthanasia, severely …

Severely handicapped newborns often require life-sustaining medical treatment immediately
after birth. Recent reports have indicated that parents and/or physicians occasionally decide …

The birth of Siamese twins to a Danville, Illinois physician and his wife on May 5, 1981,
renewed the recurrent debate on the morality, ethics, and legality of euthanasia for severely …

The recent increase in reporting of passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants has not
been accompanied by extensive analysis of the legality of the practice or the …

In the September 2005 issue of Pediatrics, Verhagen and Sauer1 again discuss their
proposed protocol for euthanizing certain sick neonates. These rules, known as the …

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO EXAMINE THE ethical questions a) of letting
defective newboms die by omitting or withdrawing their treatment, and b) of terminating their …

One of the most perplexing dilemmas of modern medicine concerns whether" ordinary" 1
medical care justifiably can be withheld from defective newborns. Infants with malformations …

I sympathise with Dr Charles Crichton in his anguished plea for more discussion and
positive guidance (Correspondence-Journal of Medical Ethics, September 1983). At the …

IT IS now over three years since the case of a baby called Alexandra brought into sharp and
urgent focus the complexity of issues surrounding the life and death of infants born with …