Questionable basis for 'hopeless and unbearable suffering' as the criterion for the active termination of life in newborns with spina bifida;Problematische basis voor 'uitzichtloos en ondraaglijk lijden' als criterium voor actieve levensbeëindiging bij pasgeborenen met spina bifida

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 2067-2069

  Kompanje, E J O ^a   De Jong, T H R ^a   Arts, W F M ^a   Rotteveel, J J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL PAIN;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 24944565904     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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