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When we consider decisions about the care of severely impaired newborns we are dealing with a situation that requires more than getting informed consent. In my view, what is required are skills in fostering people’s development, “calling forth,” as I termed it earlier. Informed consent may be sufficient in other situations.
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Whitbeck, C. (1981). Response. In: Holmes, H.B., Hoskins, B.B., Gross, M. (eds) The Custom-Made Child?. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6007-3_20
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