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Article

Publication Date

2001

ISSN

0028-4793

Publisher

Massachusetts Medical Society

Language

en-US

Abstract

Conjoined twins have been the subject of scientific exhibits, medical study, human curiosity, and even entertainment, but until the year 2000, conjoined twins had never been the subject of a courtroom battle. A unique case that was the subject of two British court decisions deserves study.1 The case illustrates the difficulty of applying legal principles to unprecedented life-and-death decisions involving proposed medical interventions for children — particularly when parents and physicians disagree about what should be done.

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From The New England Journal of Medicine, George J. Annas, Conjoined Twins: The Limits of Law at the Limits of Life, Volume 344, Page 1104 Copyright ©(2001) Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.

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