Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ298160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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Fundamental Rights, Section 504, and Baby Doe.
Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III
Mental Retardation, v21 n5 p218-21 Oct 1983
The author criticizes the positions of the American Acadamy of Pediatrics, the court, and the President's Commission on Medical and Biomedical and Behavioral research regarding the application of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to newborns with severe birth defects. (CL)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Ethics, Federal Legislation, Infants, Medical Services, Severe Disabilities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504)
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