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This paper discusses the ethics of limiting life sustaining treatment for infants who have very low birthweight, infants with spins bifida and people who are elderly and sick.
Read MoreThis paper is a response to the "Discussion paper on the ethics of limiting life sustaining treatment" by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) (File number 10338).
Read MoreThis memo is in response to the "Discussion paper on the ethics of limiting life sustaining treatment" by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) (File number 10338).
Read MoreThis article should be read in conjunction with the National Health and Medical Research Council's paper (File number 10338). The author argues that the paper has neglected to account for the social nature of disability and handicap.
Read MoreAlthough this article is old, it highlights the still outstanding need for a firm social policy for dealing with the ethical and procedural complexities of treating severely disabled infants.
Read MoreThis paper is written by a woman with a physical disability resulting from a neurological injury occurring at birth, as a response to reading an article on the acceptability of ending the life of an infant with a disability. "Disabled people are not breathing medical problems or nature's mistakes.
Read MoreThis paper looks at the discriminatory behaviour of withholding medical care when a baby is born with Down Syndrome and a physical problem that needs treatment.
Read MoreThis article examines euthanasia practices in Holland and describes 2 flaws in the practice - that it has the nonsensical aim of convincing people they can have better options than life and that it is based on value judgements.
Read MoreThis paper looks at "our fixation on the notion of 'death with dignity' (which) has psychological roots in the fear of being completely dependent on other" and relates it to the fact that euthanasia is gaining world-wide popular support.
Read MoreA compelling essay which analyses the negative effects of a service dominated culture and economy on citizens and communities. The author describes the way in which, despite the good intentions of many service providers, people are increasingly being defined as "deficient" in order to serve the service industry.
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