Should Pediatric Euthanasia be Legalized?

Pediatrics
Marije BrouwerEduard Verhagen

Abstract

Voluntary active euthanasia for adults at their explicit request has been legal in Belgium and the Netherlands since 2002. In those countries, acceptance of the practice for adults has been followed by acceptance of the practice for children. Opponents of euthanasia see this as a dangerous slippery slope. Proponents argue that euthanasia is sometimes ethically appropriate for minors and that, with proper safeguards, it should be legally available in appropriate circumstances for patients at any age. In this Ethics Rounds, we asked philosophers from the United States and the Netherlands, and a Dutch pediatrician, to discuss the ethics of legalizing euthanasia for children.

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Sep 23, 2018·Journal of Medical Ethics·Carey DeMichelisAdam Rapoport
Mar 23, 2021·Paediatrics & Child Health·Christina Marie Lamb
Jan 6, 2021·Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics·Tyler Tate

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