Humanistic Dimensions of the Care of Imperiled Newborns
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Thomas H. Murray, Arthur L. Caplan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Totowa, NJ
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Humana Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1986
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(238 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Contemporary issues in biomedicine, ethics, and society.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction-Beyond Babies Doe.- The Child, Medicine, and Science.- Caring for Babies in Danger: The Evolution and Current State of Neonatology.- Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America.- Response to "Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America".- Which Babies Shall Live?-Comment on "Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America".- Religion, Suffering, and Morality.- Our Religious Traditions and the Treatment of Infants.- "Suffer the Little Children ..." Suffering and Neonatal Intensive Care.- Ethical Principles for the Care of Imperiled Newborns: Toward an Ethic of Ambiguity.- The Right to Privacy as a Protection for the Right to Refuse Care for the Imperiled Newborn.- Images of the Abandoned.- The Tyranny of the Normal.- Comment on "The Tyranny of the Normal".- Caretakers: Images and Attitudes.- Consensus and Controversy in the Treatment of Catastrophically Ill Newborns: Report of a Survey.- Conclusion.