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Peer reviewedHughes, Ronald C. – Child Welfare, 1993
Suggests that most bioethical decisions concerning children born with catastrophic illnesses should be made by parents with input from physicians and health care workers and guidance from hospital infant ethics committees. The child protective service system should have the final authority to assure that the decisions of caregivers do not…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bioethics, Child Welfare, Decision Making
