Imposed separation of conjoined twins-- moral hubris by the English courts?
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Imposed separation of conjoined twins--moral hubris by the English courts?
Late last year the English Court of Appeal confirmed a lower court’s ruling that doctors could impose an operation to separate recently born conjoined twins, overriding the refusal of consent of their parents. The doctors believed the operation would probably save one of the babies at the cost of killing the other, while not operating would highly probably be followed by the death of both twins...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.27.1.3