Why regulation of active life termination in children remains problematic
The case description regards a nine-years old patient who, as a consequence of a very serious epilepsy syndrome, several forms of comorbidity, severe developmental impairments, and the absence of meaningful contact with relatives, is felt to be in very serious suffering. Parents and physicians decide to end the child's life by withholding nutrition and hydration. Based on this case description and on the parents' experiences, its authors argue in favour of a stately regulated procedure for active life termination. In this comment I argue that the regulation of life termination without a patient request should remain a no-go area. If we allow life termination in children, there is no reason why we should not also allow such requests on behalf of incompetent patients such as handicapped adults and elderly patients with advanced dementia who have not issued an advance directive. Let the very rare cases in which a doctor sees no other option than to terminate an infant's life, remain in the realm of the non-regulated.
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2024 |
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2024 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:168 |
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 168(2024) vom: 17. Jan. |
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Niederländisch |
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Waarom een regeling levensbeëindiging bij kinderen problematisch blijft |
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Boer, Theo A [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 07.02.2024 Date Revised 19.03.2024 published: Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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