Title: Born to die? : deciding the fate of critically ill newborns /
Authors: Shelp, Earl E., 1947-
Publisher: Free Press ; Collier Macmillan,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Morals; Parents; Ethics, Medical; Decision Making; Parent and child.; Life Support Care; Infanticide History.; Congenital Abnormalities therapy; Infant, Newborn, Diseases therapy; Euthanasia Moral and ethical aspects; Newborn infants Diseases Treatment Moral and ethical aspects.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Parents and children -- 3. Critically ill newborns: parental responses and responsibilities -- 4. Neonatal medicine: a context of intersecting interests -- 5. Making treatment decisions -- 6. To kill or let die -- 7. Parental authority and public policy -- 8. Conclusion.