Born to Die?: Deciding the Fate of Critically Ill Newborns - Hardcover

Shelp, Earl E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0029291100 ISBN 13: 9780029291108

Publisher: Free Pr, 1986

Synopsis

Argues that is is not a moral crime to let severely defective newborns die naturally and that parents, not legal authorities, should make the ultimate decision

About this title

From Library Journal:

Earl E. Shelp, an ethicist teaching at the Baylor University Medical School, offers a timely, thought-provoking analysis of the question of treatment decisions for defective newborns. While retracing the ground covered by Robert F. Weir in Selective Nontreatment of Handicapped Newborns ( LJ 7/84), Shelp takes a more guarded approach, carefully avoiding the dangers involved in setting up substantive criteria for categories of neonates. Thus his meticulous, reflective approach complements the more broad-brush style of Weir. The issues are far from any resolution by physicians, ethicists, or parents. Yet Shelp boldly defines the ethical boundaries of the dilemma of the critically ill newborn, making this an indispensable book for any library in medicine, nursing, or bioethics. Rev. David A. Buehler, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, Mass.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0029291100
• ISBN 13: 9780029291108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1