Pediatric euthanasia in Belgium disturbing developments

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1963-1964

  Siegel, Andrew M ^a   Sisti, Dominic A ^a   Caplan, Arthur L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

BELGIUM; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84900811023     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.4257     Document Type: Short Survey

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