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Response to “Ethics and Drug Infants” by Michelle Oberman (CQ Vol. 6, No. 2)

Points of Variance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

Renu Jain
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology, at Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
David C. Thomasma
Affiliation:
Medical Humanities Program at Loyola University Chicago Medical Center
Rasa Ragas
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Loyola Medical Centre in Maywood, Illinois

Abstract

We appreciated the important commentary provided by Michelle Oberman on our paper, “Discontinuing Life Support in an Infant of a Drug-Addicted Mother: Whose Decision Is It?” (CQ Vol. 6, No. 1). For the most part we agree with Oberman's analysis of the issues, but there are seven points of variance, either of conception, emphasis, or accuracy. We wish to clarify these and welcome the chance her commentary provided to offer aspects of the social situation surrounding the case we presented.

Type
RESPONSES AND DIALOGUE
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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