Allowing disabled babies to die

Title

Allowing disabled babies to die

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:16:35

Description

Special report on the trial of Dr Leonard Arthur for the killing of Down syndrome baby John Pearson at Derby City Hospital due to his condition and looking at the ethics and legality of allowing a disabled child to die. Includes interviews with Brian Buckley and Ingrid Buckley, parents of Down syndrome child Chantelle Buckley; Professor Robert Zachary, consultant paediatrician from Sheffield University and a patron of the organisation Life who brought the case to the attention of the police; Dr John Dawson, head of the BMA Ethical Division; Dr Peter Dunn, leading paediatrician; chanting and vox pop with demonstrators. Female reporter not identified.

Further information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Arthur

Contributors

John Dawson; Robert Zachary; Peter Dunn; Brian Buckley; Ingrid Buckley

Keywords

Deaths; Death; Law; Medical ethics; Homicide; Children (age group); Child care; Children (family); Medical treatment; Trials; Down syndrome; Euthanasia; Doctors; Parents; Babies; Disabled children; Pressure groups; LIFE; Medical consultants; Leicester; Right to life; John Pearson; Leonard Arthur; Derby City Hospital; Alexander Campbell

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