A case against something that is not the case: The Groningen protocol and the moral principle of non-maleficence

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 29-31

  De Vries, Martine C ^a   Verhagen, A A Eduard ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PAIN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 57349145903     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802521039     Document Type: Short Survey

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