| Autor: |
Raye, John R., Healey, Joseph M. |
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Topics in Early Childhood Special Education; Feb1984, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p71-82, 12p |
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Among the many recent health-care issues attracting public attention, few have been as emotionally charged and have generated as much concern as that of treatment decisions in which care has been withheld from seriously ill and handicapped infants. This attention has resulted in a movement to establish more direct federal and state regulation of these care decisions. The complexity of these decisions, each unique with varying degrees of uncertainty, limits the effectiveness of a regulatory scheme based on generalizations. The decision-making process must focus on the best interests of the individual infant and maintain the responsibility for pursuing that interest within the parent-physician relationship. This goal is best served by mandating the development, within the individual institution, of policies for the process of decision making and for review of these decisions. Existing law should be used as a positive force to encourage parents and physicians to exercise these responsibilities in a just manner. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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Complementary Index |
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