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Why Palliative Care for Children is Preferable to Euthanasia

Published:2014-07-09 Issue:1 Volume:33 Page:5-7
ISSN:1049-9091
Container-title:American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
language:en
Short-container-title:Am J Hosp Palliat Care

Author:

Carter Brian S.¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA

2. Bioethics Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA

Abstract

Recent laws in Europe now allow for pediatric euthanasia. The author reviews some rationale for caution, and addresses why ensuring the availability of pediatric palliative care is an important step before allowing pediatric euthanasia.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1049909114542648

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