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ERIC Number: EJ407024
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Early Childhood Special Educators and the Hospital Ethics Committee.
Lowenthal, Barbara
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v36 n1 p29-38 1989
The paper discusses issues of concern to early childhood special educators serving on hospital ethics committees to assist families with seriously ill and handicapped infants in neonatal intensive care units. Issues include infant euthanasia and the right to life, child abuse legislation, and possible effects on families. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bioethics, Child Abuse, Chronic Illness, Congenital Impairments, Euthanasia, Family Programs, Hospitalized Children, Hospitals, Infants, Neonates, Preschool Education, Special Health Problems, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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