Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Special Article
  • Published:

Bad Cases Make Bad Law: HCA v. Miller is not a Guide for Resuscitation of Extremely Premature Newborns

Journal of Perinatology volume 21, pages 541–544 (2001)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Cole FS Extremely premature birth — defining the limits of hope N Engl J Med 2000 343 429–30

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Paris JJ Manslaughter or a legitimate parental decision? the Messenger case J Perinatol 1996 16 (1) 60–4

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Rhoden NK Treating Baby Doe: the ethics of uncertainty Hastings Cent Rep 1986 34 42–8

    Google Scholar 

  4. Paris JJ, Newman V Ethical issues in quadruple amputation in a child with meningococcal septic shock J Perinatol 1993 13 56–8

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Maine Medical Center v. Houle, No. 74-145 (Superior Ct., Cumberland Cty., ME) February 14, 1974

  6. McCormick RA To save or let die: the dilemma of modern medicine JAMA 1974 229 172–6

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Caplan A, Cohen CB, editors Imperiled newborns Hastings Cent Rep 1987 17 (6) 5–32

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Jefferson v. Griffin Spaulding Memorial Hospital, 247 GA. 86, 274 S.E.2d 457 (Ga. Feb.3, 1981), No. 37244

  9. Canterbury v. Spence, 464 F.2d 772, 150 U.S. App. D.C. 263 (D.C. Cir. May 19, 1972) No. 22099

  10. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics Guidelines on foregoing life-sustaining medical treatment Pediatrics 1994 93 532–6

    Google Scholar 

  11. Paris JJ Court intervention and diminution of patients' rights: the case of Brother Fox N Engl J Med 1980 303 876–8

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Paris JJ, McCormick RA Living will legislation: a reconsideration America 1981 86–9

  13. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment: a report on the ethical, medical and legal issues in treatment decisions Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1983 220

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Theology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

    John J Paris SJ, PhD

  2. Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA, USA

    John J Paris SJ, PhD

  3. Hassan and Reardon, Boston, MA, USA

    Frank Reardon JD

Authors
  1. John J Paris SJ, PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Frank Reardon JD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Paris, J., Reardon, F. Bad Cases Make Bad Law: HCA v. Miller is not a Guide for Resuscitation of Extremely Premature Newborns. J Perinatol 21, 541–544 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210610

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210610

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links