As a number of infants refused to complete all eight trials, a total score based on the first four trials was included in the analysis so as to include an outcome measure for all infants.
The parents of 28 infants refused inclusion of their babies (23 preterm (3.6%) and 5 term (7.6%)) in the study, and 63 parents were not able to be contacted in four attempts (54 preterm (8.3%) and 9 term (13.6%)).
The infant refuses all food, crying incessantly and intolerably.
As an infant, I refused to even play with a rattle.
It ruled that there was no evidence that hospitals had discriminated against handicapped infants or had refused treatment sought by parents.
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, in a plurality opinion joined by three other Justices, said there was no evidence that any hospitals had discriminated against handicapped infants or had refused treatment sought by parents.
Scores of 1 to 3 indicated that the infant most often refused to cooperate, scores of 4 to 6 indicated that the infant accepted the give-and-take of objects with the examiner, and scores of 7 to 9 indicated that the infant actively took part in the give-and-take exchange with enjoyment.
Doctors at Brisbane's Lady Cilento hospital continue to refuse to discharge Baby Asha, the Australian-born infant of Nepalese asylum seekers, arguing that returning her to Nauru would be unsafe.
