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the prophecies themselves help to b

persons to achieve their maximum po

999 grams at birth and who were bor

ability to live independently (say

criminal offense, punishable by a f

ai gains skills and income but rema

ing their children that the only pe

disabled. The degree of permanent d

Chapter 6The Rehabilitation Act of

In May 1977, under the compulsion o

tive agency, and that the failure t

Commission primarily meant hospital

He also ruled that Secretary of Hea

HHS agreed that when it investigate

Next, the Second Circuit reviewed t

nonhandicapped child. Or discrimina

eporting cases of medical neglect t

Chapter 7The Child Abuse Amendments

occur. . . .We got involved because

Perhaps the best short statement of

cally all children with disabilitie

incorporated the nondiscrimination

proposed the more restrictive langu

ital impairments and infants or chi

Chapter 8Constitutional IssuesSince

State and local laws provide simila

DR. OWENS. I think that's a little

the Supreme Court's concern for par

policy judgments related to their n

Chapter 9The Incidence of Discrimin

decisions based on the presence of

to cause an infant's death," and ap

Surgeon General Koop testified that

Chapter 10Child Protective Services

grapevine from medical personnel of

CPS Agencies' Failure to Comply wit

In 1981 a State legislative committ

decision. 8 The court wrote that th

From this perspective, as Carl Schn

treating physicians that life-prese

have found these principles to be h

een initiated in at least the two c

suffering should be consulted, not

Department employees interviewed al

Kimberly was placed in the Newborn

finding on May 18, 1984. 31 In the

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) took

Yale-New Haven Hospital. No legal a

However, after reviewing a draft of

not include the more than 160,000 i

several provisions designed to enha

additional funding for the P&As wil

evidence strongly suggests that the

5. The logic of the Bowen plurality

process, both as advocates for the

is provided of the various figures,

antecedents—the legacy of bigotry

illustrated by the resistance to ho

questionnaire sent to the 1,007 mem

"Section 504 does not authorize the

trouble, but can distract from the

my timidity. Accordingly, I will se

ather undermines standards moral an

for a cumbersome, jerry-rigged stru

is right, and we may succeed. But,

tenderness. A more understanding re

INTRODUCTIONThe terra baby doe refe

FINDINGSSTATE BABY DOE PROCEDURES E

Prompt Notification Systems Establi

ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSPITAL INFANT CA

SIX BABY DOE CASES CONFIRMED SINCE

STATE COMMENTS ON BABY DOE RESPONSI

OBSERVATIONSThe Federal baby doe am

INTRODUCTIONThe term baby doe refer

FINDINGSHOSPITAL ETHICS COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES VARYThe

BASIC CASE REVIEW CRITERIA ARE COMP

COMMITTEE CASE REVIEW EXPERIENCEAmo

DESCRIPTION OF AN ETHICS COMMITTEET

ETHICS COMMITTEE COMMENTS_ON. IMPAC

Appendix 4AmericanAcademy ofPediatr

Statement of Commissioner Robert A.

Association 7 case, even though the

Those who need evidence of the grow