Simms M
J Med Ethics. 1986 Jun;12(2):72-6. doi: 10.1136/jme.12.2.72.
Much of the discussion since the Arthur case has centred round the rights of handicapped infants to medical treatment. Little has centred round the question of how far one person can rightly be required to sacrifice her life for another, when she has not been consulted beforehand. This may be due to the fact that most of the discussants are men, while nearly all the carers are women. This small study attempts to redress this balance by asking mothers who have cared for 20 years, whether they felt it was worthwhile.
自亚瑟案以来，大部分讨论都集中在残疾婴儿接受医疗救治的权利上。几乎没有讨论围绕这样一个问题：在未经事先征求意见的情况下，一个人在多大程度上可以被合理要求为另一个人牺牲自己的生命。这可能是因为大多数讨论者是男性，而几乎所有的照料者都是女性。这项小型研究试图通过询问那些已经照料了20年的母亲们她们是否觉得这是值得的，来纠正这种平衡。
