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Severely Disabled Newborns
In Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics. Malden, Mass., USA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 274–285 (1998)
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severely disabled newborns quality of life of the newborn baby ‐ exceedingly low with disabilities notion of disability ‐ integral to quality‐of‐life considerations severely disabled baby ‐ being “better off dead” parents, in consultation with physicians ‐ as appropriate decision‐makers decisions in the “best interests” of these children Making vs allowing to die doctrine of double effect ‐ action having positive and negative outcomes
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