Selectively withholding treatment from newborn babies.

Br J Hosp Med

Department of Anaesthetics, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.

Published: July 1992

Whether to withhold life-prolonging treatment from a severely handicapped newborn baby is a topical moral dilemma. Some recent prominent court cases in the UK highlight the ethical issues that have to be faced when considering such a decision.

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