Neonatal euthanasia is unsupportable: The groningen protocol should be abandoned

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-463

  Kon, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groningen Protocol; Neonatal euthanasia; Quality of life; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 36749066655     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-007-9047-8     Document Type: Article

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