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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Child Welfare Services for the Catastrophically Ill Newborn: Part II--A Guiding Ethical Paradigm.
Hughes, Ronald C.
Child Welfare, v72 n5 p423-37 Sep-Oct 1993
Discusses the complex issues involved in decision making concerning the treatment of catastrophically ill children. Through several examples of actual cases, posits that decisions should be arrived at by considering the child's best interests rather than the prolongation of life or principles of social utility. (MDM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Chronic Illness, Codes of Ethics, Decision Making, Infants, Medical Services, Quality of Life
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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