Plot: Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do we go with medical treatment for infants born so physically and mentally damaged that they have no hope of leading normal lives? Several intimate case histories are examined, as are the politics of recent legal decisions and government rules relating to the medical care for critically ill babies.

Frontline - Season 2 - Better Off Dead? (Episode 21)
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, November 20 1984
40 years ago
Tuesday, November 20 1984
40 years ago