Document Type
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.
Recommended Citation
George J. Annas,
Conjoined Twins: The Limits of Law at the Limits of Life
,
344
New England Journal of Medicine
1104
(2001).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1277
Comments
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.