Neonatologists, Pediatricians, and the Supreme Court Criticize the “Baby Doe” Regulations
Compelled Compassion(1992)
摘要
Earlier we reported neonatologists’ reaction (Kopelman et al., 1988) to the controversial federal regulations governing the
treatment of severely handicapped infants—the “Baby Doe” Regulations (DHHS, 1985). We found that the responding neonatologists
were highly critical of these regulations, and that their concerns were similar to those expressed by the United States Supreme
Court (Bowen v. Am. Hosp. Ass’n., 1986) in rejecting an earlier set of Baby Doe regulations (DHHS, 1984). This agreement among
the neonatologists and legal authorities on the Supreme Court lead us to conclude that these regulations were ill-considered.
Some have questioned, however, whether the neonatologists’ negative reaction to these rules as reported in our survey might
be biased, since the regulations restrict their daily practice. Others question if neonatologists have an unrealistic, pessimistic
picture of severely sick newborns’ prognoses, since they do not generally deal with older children. To help answer these questions,
we now present the reaction of nonneonatologist pediatricians to these regulations. These data were collected at the same
time as the reported survey. Their responses are similar to the neonatologists’ responses, undercutting both objections to
the conclusions of our survey.
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pediatricians,supreme court criticize,baby doe”,regulations
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