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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.12.2.72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.12.2.72</a>
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Informed dissent: the views of some mothers of severely mentally handicapped young adults
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Journal Of Medical Ethics
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1986
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Female; Humans; infant; Adult; Middle Aged; Euthanasia; Disabled Persons; Informed Consent; Patient Compliance; Empirical Approach; Mental Health Therapies; Death and Euthanasia; Mothers/psychology; Newborn; Genetics and Reproduction; Passive; Value of Life; Abortion; Congenital Abnormalities/therapy; Induced
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Simms M
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Much of the discussion since the Arthur case has centred round the rights of handicapped infants to medical treatment. Little has centred round the question of how far one person can rightly be required to sacrifice her life for another, when she has not been consulted beforehand. This may be due to the fact that most of the discussants are men, while nearly all the carers are women. This small study attempts to redress this balance by asking mothers who have cared for 20 years, whether they felt it was worthwhile.; KIE: As part of a larger study by a British regional health authority, 15 mothers of severely mentally handicapped young adults from varying socioeconomic areas were asked for their views on selective abortion and treatment of severely handicapped newborns. Ten of the 15 women wished with hindsight that they could have had an abortion, and 12 thought such infants should be allowed to die. Simms concludes that the views of those who have cared devotedly for their severely mentally handicapped children deserve more consideration. Davis, herself disabled and an activist for the handicapped, asserts that human rights devolve to every individual at fertilization and cannot be apportioned according to perceived "worth." She suggests that parents who are unable to cope with a handicapped child should consider offering the baby for adoption as an alternative to "killing" the child.
1986
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.12.2.72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1136/jme.12.2.72</a>
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1986
Abortion
Adult
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Congenital Abnormalities/therapy
Death and Euthanasia
Disabled Persons
Empirical Approach
Euthanasia
Female
Genetics and Reproduction
Humans
Induced
Infant
Informed Consent
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Journal of Medical Ethics
Mental Health Therapies
Middle Aged
Mothers/psychology
Newborn
Passive
Patient Compliance
Simms M
Value of Life