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EXTREME PREMATURITY AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AFTER BABY DOE
Author(s) -
ROBERTSON JOHN A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528691
Subject(s) - psychology , child advocacy , developmental psychology
The Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 established the norms for treating disabled newborns, but they did not address the treatment of premature babies. Parents and physicians need a framework for decisionmaking. A decision handed down recently by the Texas Supreme Court is a step forward.
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