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Baby Ryan and virtual futility.

Authors :
Capron, Alexander Morgan
Source :
Hastings Center Report. Mar/Apr1995, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p20. 2p.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Discusses the so-called Baby Doe regulations promulgated during the Reagan administration which stipulate that the provider has no obligation to honor parental instructions to continue treatment when the treating physician believes that treatment is virtually futile and inhumane. Review of a case involving Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. and Ryan Nguyen who was born six weeks premature on October 27, 1994.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00930334
Volume :
25
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Hastings Center Report
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9504213764
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/3562861