Word: baileys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bailey says he had consulted the parents of Baby Fae and "completely informed them of all other possibilities to save their child's life." And the Loma Linda Ethics Board, made-up of citizens and doctors, reviewed and gave approval to the operation, says spokesperson Baker...
State medical regulators, however, criticize these informal processes as archaic. "Bailey is in the forefront on technology but he is 30 years behind on guidelines," says Jogan M. Georga, special assistant for medical planning in the Massachusetts State Health Department...
...operation were to take place in this state, Bailey would have had to apply for a certificate of need (CON), she says. "We would have asked: will the operation take money and time away from patients who stand a much better chance of survival? Is it too expensive? What would be the quality of life afterwards? What would all the drugs do to her tiny body...
...medical ethics expert lebels Bailey's work on Baby Fae "child abuse...
...added that Bailey's peers haven't had the chance to review his work, a process vital to good medical practice. "Bailey's work boarders on the reckless-he won't tell us anything and we suspect the worst...