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Demonstrably awful: The right to life and the selective non-treatment of disabled babies and young children
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UNSPECIFIED (2004) Demonstrably awful: The right to life and the selective non-treatment of disabled babies and young children. JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY, 31 (4). pp. 482-509. ISSN 0263-323X
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Twenty-five years ago it was common practice to bring about the deaths of some children with learning disabilities or physical impairments. This paper considers a small number of landmark cases in the early 1980s that confronted this practice. These cases illustrate a process by which external forces (social, philosophical, political, and professional) moved through the legal system to effect a profound change outside that system - primarily in the (then) largely closed domain of medical conduct/practice. These cases are considered from a socio-legal perspective. In particular, the paper analyses the reasons why they surfaced at that time, the social and political contexts that shaped the judgments, and their legacy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | K Law H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY |
| Publisher: | BLACKWELL PUBL LTD |
| ISSN: | 0263-323X |
| Date: | December 2004 |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Number of Pages: | 28 |
| Page Range: | pp. 482-509 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7781 |
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