Separated after birth |
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Authors: | Lustig Andrew |
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Affiliation: | Program on Biotechnology, Religion, and Ethics, Rice-Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, USA. |
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Abstract: | Bioethics has developed against a backdrop of increased concern for human and civil rights, including the rights of patients to decide about their own treatment. The recent case of Laleh and Ladan Bijani, the twenty-nine-year old Iranian conjoined twins who died in a Singapore hospital on Jul 8, after more than fifty hours of surgery aimed at separating them, highlights the tensions between respect for patient autonomy and professional medical judgment. |
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