The Baby Doe Rules represent the first attempt by the US government to directly intervene in treatment options for neonates born with severe congenital defects. The name of the rule comes from the controversial 1982 case of a Bloomington, Indiana, infant Baby Doe,
Congenital disorders
The Baby Doe Rules (1984)
Niemann-Pick Disease
In 1914
Smith v. Cote (1986)
Bowen v. American Hospital Association (1986)
Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome)
Tay-Sachs Disease
In 1881 British ophthalmologist
VACTERL Association
VACTERL association is a term applied to a specific group of abnormalities involving structures derived from the
Parasitic Twins
Weber v. Stony Brook Hospital (1983)
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