Extreme prematurity and parental rights after Baby Doe.

Baby Doe, Congress and the states: challenging the federal treatment standard for impaired infants.

In its amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Congress set forth a strict standard for treatment of impaired infants. The statute, shaped by right-to-life groups and certain medical organizations, calls for aggressive treatment in virtually all cases, regardless of the degree of suffering imposed and the burdens and risks involved. The federal rule evidences deep distrust o...

Parent stress in the neonatal intensive care unit and the influence of parent and infant characteristics.

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the stress experienced by parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the infant and parent characteristics that resulted in different stress responses, and the characteristics that were predictive of stress. METHOD The Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was used to measure the stress of 162 parents. A Parent/Infant Demographic sheet ...

"New" rights for handicapped newborns: Baby Doe and beyond.

Bowen v. American Hospital Association (1986)

The American Hospital Association [6] (AHA), joined by the American Medical Association [7] (AMA), brought the suit against the US Department of Health and Human Services [8] (HHS) and its then-director Otis R. Bowen [9], to have a series of requirements for neonatal care struck down. These requirements?the first set of Baby Doe Rules?were created by the HHS and US President Ronald Reagan's Adm...

Bowen v. American Hospital Association (1986)

The American Hospital Association [6] (AHA), joined by the American Medical Association [7] (AMA), brought the suit against the US Department of Health and Human Services [8] (HHS) and its then-director Otis R. Bowen [9], to have a series of requirements for neonatal care struck down. These requirements?the first set of Baby Doe Rules?were created by the HHS and US President Ronald Reagan's Adm...