A case against justified non-voluntary active euthanasia (the Groningen protocol)

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Jotkowitz, Alan ^a,c   Glick, S ^a   Gesundheit, B ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Congenital abnormalities; Disabilities; Euthanasia; Medical ethics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; WEDGE ARGUMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 57349121648     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802513085     Document Type: Short Survey

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