Weir R F, Bale J F
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
Neurol Clin. 1989 Nov;7(4):807-21.
We are convinced that a best-interests approach is the best approach to take in making decisions to treat or not to treat disabled young infants. Such an approach acknowledges that there are some medical conditions that are so severe that efforts to sustain the lives of infants having the conditions cannot be said to be in the best interests of those infants. By paying attention to the variables that compose the best-interests approach, decision makers can arrive at decisions not to sustain life that are more easily justifiable than with any other approach.
我们深信，在决定是否治疗残疾幼儿时，采用符合最佳利益的方法是最佳选择。这种方法承认，有些医疗状况极为严重，维持患有这些状况的婴儿生命的努力不能说是符合这些婴儿的最佳利益的。通过关注构成最佳利益方法的各种变量，决策者能够做出不维持生命的决定，相较于其他任何方法，这些决定更易于得到合理辩护。
