I write here not as a representative of a humanistic discipline as usually defined, but as a lawyer whose scholarly work and prior experience with the staff of the President's Commission on Ethics in Medicine and Research have focused, in part, on the legal and public policy dimensions of the care of imperiled newborns. What I hope to do in these comments is to make somewhat more explicit several possible implications of Professor Kett's historical findings for contemporary discussion of social policy and legal interventions in this area. I will try to satisfy the commentator's obligation to be at least a bit provocative in the process.
Bibliographic Citation
Weisbard, Alan, Which Babies Shall Live: Humanistic Dimensions of the Care of Imperiled Newborns. Which Babies Shall Live: Comment on Science and Controversy in the History of Infancy in America. . Clifton, NJ: Humana Press, 1985. pgs. 45-55
