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PubMed2005

Terminally ill infants, parents and the courts.

Parents sometimes demand 'full active treatment' for a terminally ill child, even against medical advice. They think that they should decide their child's best interests, not medical staff, who may conclude too readily that the child's life is 'not worth living'. Only parents who know and love their child can decide that. Doctors and nurses, on the other hand, feel they have the training and experience to assess the pain and distress of heroic measures and whether they are justified in cases where a child cannot survive, or will have profound disability. This paper reviews recent case law in the United Kingdom and Australia on the role and processes of courts where a hospital (or a parent) applies for a court order regarding treatment. The author concludes that it is possible but unlikely that a court would direct medical staff to provide treatment they regard as clinically inappropriate.

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PubMed1999

Attitudes to euthanasia in the Vinaya and commentary.

The prohibition on taking human life is one of the cornerstones of Buddhist ethics, but there is often confusion about the interpretation of this prohibition in different contexts. In his commentary on the third parajika in the Samantapasadika, Buddhaghosa sets out to clarify the legal provisions of the monastic precept against taking life. The root text and his comments on it are relevant to the contemporary debate on euthanasia, and this paper considers what light Buddhist jurisprudence can shed on this moral dilemma.

Buddhism↗
PubMed1997

A killing of Baby Doe.

An anencephalic infant died in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit six hours after birth. Eighteen months later, in a discussion of intrusive federal "Baby Doe" regulations with co-workers at the hospital, a registered nurse mentioned that he had found a way to avoid these provisions, and that he had in fact done so on one occasion by killing this particular infant. A co-worker related his story to police, and the "wheels of justice" were set into motion. I describe the chronology of events and the pathologic findings in this case of infanticide, purportedly committed "with mercyaforethought."

Anencephaly↗
PubMed1997

Some observations on post-coma unawareness patients and on other forms of unconscious patients: policy proposals.

The concern of this paper is with various forms of unconsciousness. Special attention will be given to patients in PCU commonly termed as Persistent Vegetative State (PVS). I reject the term PVS, arguing that for ethical reasons we should strive to resort to terminology that does not offend the patients and their loved ones. I further urge hospitals not to cease treatment of PCU patients younger than 50 years old within a period of less than two years. This is especially true for patients who entered a state of unawareness due to traumatic causes. The two-years waiting period should be regarded as the minimum period of evaluation before foregoing hopes for patients' rehabilitation and return to some form of cognition. I provide data and human stories from the Israeli experience to substantiate this argument.

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