Baby K. Was an Infant Essay

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That is to say that relationships are considered above and beyond medical reasoning. "Futility would not be measured by the medical effect on the patient but by the effect on social relationships" (2000, p. 140). This means that even if a physician were to believe from his or her educated medical perspective that treatment would not prolong life or have any impact on integrated functioning, there is still a purpose in treatment in that it services relationships.

The case of Baby K. was quite controversial and the court's judgment was equally as controversial as they held that it was not within their realm or that it was way beyond the scope of their judicial duties or function to consider the moral decorum of whether or not an emergency room should offer emergency care to sustain life in infants with anencephaly.

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There are several implications in the case of Baby K, but one of the most impactful is the fact that the court's decision seemed to turn doctors into robots being forced to use their technology for one sole purpose. The doctor had his rights to act as an educated and moral compass taken away. Whether or not this is the "correct" answer is still up for interpretation, but the case of Baby K. offers many interesting ethical concerns that have still not been answered though a judgment was made......

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