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A 4 page examination of the ethics and law surrounding an infant diagnoses with Downs
Syndrome and duodenal atresia. The baby needed medical intervention to survive. The baby's parents, however, refused treatment on the basis of
their religious beliefs. The parents were Jehovas' Witnesses and believed that medical interventions such as blood transfusions were prohibited by
the Bible itself. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a certain intervention and the patient refuses that intervention. Such was the case with Baby Owens. Prior birth Baby Owens was diagnosed with Downs Syndrome and duodenal atresia.
The prognosis was that the baby would be retarded but the degree of that retardation could not be determined. The babys parents, however, refused treatment on the basis of
their religious beliefs. The parents were Jehovas Witnesses and believed that medical interventions such as blood transfusions were prohibited by the Bible itself. The ethics of this situation are
quite complex to say the least. Background-The Health Problems Duodenal atresia
develops in an estimated one in ten thousand live births (National Institute of Health, 2004). The embryonic development of the first part of the small bowel (the duodenum) is
impeded and stomach contents cannot pass successfully through the bowel (National Institute of Health, 2004). Downs Syndrome is found in an estimated twenty to thirty percent of infants that
are affected by duodenal atresia. Both conditions can be diagnosed while the infant is still in the womb using a fetal ultrasound or even an abdominal x-ray (National Institute
of Health, 2004). Such was the case with Baby Owens. After the baby is born the normal treatment for this condition
involves surgery to correct the duodenal blockage and treatment for Downs syndrome (National Institute of Health, 2004). Death will result without treatment. A prerequisite for this treatment, however,
is the initial decompression of the stomach using a tube that is inserted into the stomach (National Institute of Health, 2004). An intravenous tube is also necessitated and is
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