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Selectively withholding treatment from newborn babies.

Whether to withhold life-prolonging treatment from a severely handicapped newborn baby is a topical moral dilemma. Some recent prominent court cases in the UK highlight the ethical issues that have to be faced when considering such a decision.

Euthanasia, Passive↗

Is it ever permissible for a physician to shorten a human life?

Medicine makes an important distinction by saying it is sometimes proper to allow a patient to die but that one should never actively cause a patient to die. The thin, invisible line which separates these views is being tested and will be debated intensely in the future.

Ethics, Medical↗