Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder

Title

Doctor tried for Down syndrome baby murder

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:07

Description

Report on the clearing of Doctor Leonard Arthur of the attempted murder of Down syndrome baby, John Pearson. With comment on the ethics of allowing handicapped babies to die from paediatrician, Professor Robert Zachary; head of the BMA ethics division, Dr John Dawson; Dr Alexander Campbell, Aberdeen University. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Dawson; Robert Zachary; Alexander Campbell

Keywords

Deaths; Medical ethics; Homicide; Courts; Legal decisions; Trials; Down syndrome; Disabilities; Family; Doctors; Parents; Babies; Verdicts; Intellectual disabilities; John Pearson

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