PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Slippery Slope, Defensive Medicine, Lifesaving
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Week 11 lecture notes: declining treatment immediately after birth, tricky ethical terrain, but discrimination can go the other way. Protecting the interests of the infant (best interest principle) On the other hand, treating parental autonomy as fundamental risks denying the: respecting parental autonomy, mary b. mahowald: (cid:498)decisions regarding disabled newborns(cid:499) The development of new therapies and technologies increases the chances of permanently impaired and preterm newborns surviving (often with permanent disabilities) Raises ethical issues: we may over-treat by applying medical interventions that we wouldn(cid:495)t apply to adults. )f the baby doesn(cid:495)t have surgery, the baby will die but it will be painful. Consent to surgery and the infant will live. Hospital personnel, local and state courts approved of the parents decision. But federal government responded that federally funded institutions that discriminated on the basis of disability would lose federal funding. (excess fluid on the brain), and microcephaly (reduced brain size), conditions predictive of.
