TY - JOUR
T1 - Confronting ambiguity
T2 - Identifying options for infants with trisomy 18
AU - Derrington, Sabrina F.
AU - Dworetz, April R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Identifying ethically allowable options for infants with trisomy 18 has become more challenging as medical standards of practice shift, based on emerging scientific data and changing societal perceptions of disability. Lack of a stable professional standard of practice ought not prevent ethicists from facilitating a consensus; rather, these "unsettled cases" require an individualized, narrative approach that allows the values of the family and the particularities of each case to provide the necessary additional moral grounding.
AB - Identifying ethically allowable options for infants with trisomy 18 has become more challenging as medical standards of practice shift, based on emerging scientific data and changing societal perceptions of disability. Lack of a stable professional standard of practice ought not prevent ethicists from facilitating a consensus; rather, these "unsettled cases" require an individualized, narrative approach that allows the values of the family and the particularities of each case to provide the necessary additional moral grounding.
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U2 - 10.1086/jce201122405
DO - 10.1086/jce201122405
M3 - Article
C2 - 22324214
AN - SCOPUS:84855919520
SN - 1046-7890
VL - 22
SP - 338
EP - 344
JO - Journal of Clinical Ethics
JF - Journal of Clinical Ethics
IS - 4
ER -