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Capron discusses "wrongful-life" cases that expose the profound ethnical tension between respecting patients' rights to control their health care and preserving the rights and dignity of disabled persons against the denigration that some believe is implied by awarding damages in these...

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 1999-09, Vol.29 (5), p.23-26
Main Author: Capron, Alexander Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advance Directive Adherence
Bioethics
Births
California
Civil Rights - legislation & jurisprudence
Compensation and Redress
Court decisions
Disability
Disclosure
Ethics
Georgia
Humans
Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence
Judicial Role
Law
Life Support Care - legislation & jurisprudence
Litigation
Malpractice
Medical malpractice
Medical personnel
Michigan
Negligence
Parents & parenting
Personal Autonomy
Social Change
Withholding Treatment
Wrongful birth
Wrongful Life
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Summary:Capron discusses "wrongful-life" cases that expose the profound ethnical tension between respecting patients' rights to control their health care and preserving the rights and dignity of disabled persons against the denigration that some believe is implied by awarding damages in these cases.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
DOI:10.2307/3527733