Which Babies Shall Live?
Murray, Thomas H / Caplan, Arthur L
The fate of seriously ill newborns has captured the atten tion of the public, of national and state legislators, and of powerful interest groups. For the most part, the debate has been cast in the narrowest possible terms: "discrimination against the handicapped", "physician authority", "family autonomy." We believe that something much more profound is happening: the debate over the care of sick and dying babies appears to be both a manifesta...