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Which Babies Shall Live?

Humanistic Dimensions of the Care of Imperiled Newborns

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Thomas H. Murray

    1. Institute for the Medical Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

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  2. Arthur L. Caplan

    1. The Hastings Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Beyond Babies Doe

    1. Beyond Babies Doe

      • Thomas H. Murray, Arthur L. Caplan
      Pages 1-12

  3. The Child, Medicine, and Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Caring for Babies in Danger

      • Alan R. Fleischman
      Pages 15-22

    3. Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America

      • Joseph F. Kett
      Pages 23-38

    4. Response to “Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America”

      • Margaret O’Brien Steinfels
      Pages 39-45

    5. Comment on “Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America”

      • Alan J. Weisbard
      Pages 47-55

  4. Religion, Suffering, and Morality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Our Religious Traditions and the Treatment of Infants

      • David H. Smith
      Pages 59-70

    3. “Suffer the Little Children ...”

      • Thomas H. Murray
      Pages 71-82

    4. Ethical Principles for the Care of Imperiled Newborns

      • John D. Arras
      Pages 83-135

    5. The Right to Privacy and the Right to Refuse Care for the Imperiled Newborn

      • Nancy N. Dubler
      Pages 137-148

  5. Images of the Abandoned

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. The Tyranny of the Normal

      • Leslie A. Fiedler
      Pages 151-159

    3. Comment on “The Tyranny of the Normal”

      • Ruth Macklin
      Pages 161-166

  6. Caretakers: Images and Attitudes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Consensus and Controversy in the Treatment of Catastrophically Ill Newborns

      • Betty Wolder Levin
      Pages 169-205

    3. Conclusion

      • Arthur L. Caplan
      Pages 207-212

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 213-223
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About this book

The fate of seriously ill newborns has captured the atten­ tion of the public, of national and state legislators, and of powerful interest groups. For the most part, the debate has been cast in the narrowest possible terms: "discrimination against the handicapped"; "physician authority"; "family autonomy." We believe that something much more profound is happening: the debate over the care of sick and dying babies appears to be both a manifestation of great changes in our feelings about infants, children, and families, and a reflection of deep and abiding attitudes toward the newborn, the handi­ capped, and perhaps other humans who are "less than" nor­ mal, rational adults. How could we cast some light on those feelings and attitudes that seemed to determine silently the course of the public debate? We chose to enlist the humanities-the dis­ players and critics of our cultural forms. Rather than closing down the public discussion, we wanted to open it up, to illuminate it with the light of history, religion, philosophy, literature, jurisprudence, and humanistically oriented sociol­ ogy. This book is a first effort to place the hotly contested Baby Doe debate into a broader cultural context.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for the Medical Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

    Thomas H. Murray

  • The Hastings Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, USA

    Arthur L. Caplan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Which Babies Shall Live?

  • Book Subtitle: Humanistic Dimensions of the Care of Imperiled Newborns

  • Editors: Thomas H. Murray, Arthur L. Caplan

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5000-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press Inc. 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-086-2Published: 15 October 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9392-7Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5000-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 224

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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