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Volume 331:1383-1385 November 17, 1994 Number 20
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The Case of Baby K

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To the Editor: In the analysis of the Baby K case (May 26 issue),1 Annas suggests that resolution of disputes between patients at the end of their lives and physicians can be made simply by distinguishing between legal and medical issues. However, thus far both a federal district court and the federal appeals court have ruled that a legal standard set by the Congress -- the Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Condition and Women in Active Labor Act (Emergency Treatment Act) -- is to prevail.2

Because the case remains in litigation, this is not the appropriate forum in which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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