Black P M
Neurosurgery. 1979 Sep;5(3):334-8. doi: 10.1227/00006123-197909000-00005.
Selective treatment of infants with myelomeningocele is said to be beneficial to the infants, their parents, and to society. One group of arguments intended to support this point of view is analyzed. Recent data do not support the factual basis on which these arguments rest; moreover, the moral assumptions that lie behind them should be emphasized. The values held by participants in a discussion of allowing infants to die are as important as facts about treatment options.
对患有脊髓脊膜膨出的婴儿进行选择性治疗据说对婴儿本身、其父母以及社会都有益处。本文分析了旨在支持这一观点的一组论据。近期数据并不支持这些论据所基于的事实依据；此外，还应强调这些论据背后的道德假设。在关于允许婴儿死亡的讨论中，参与者所持的价值观与治疗方案的事实同样重要。
