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Please Do Whatever It Takes to End Our Daughter's Suffering!

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Clément de Cléty, Stéphan [UCL] Friedel, Marie Verhagen, A A Eduard Lantos, John D Carter, Brian S

What is the best way to care for a child with severe neurologic impairment who seems to be dying and is in intractable pain? Can we give sedation as we remove life support? Is it ethically permissible to hasten death? In the United States, 5 states have legalized assisted suicide (although only for competent adults). In Belgium and the Netherlands, euthanasia is legal for children under some circumstances. We present a case in which parents and doctors face difficult decisions about palliative care. Experts from Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States then discuss how they would respond to such a case.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "Pediatrics" - Vol. 137, no.1, p. e20153812 [1-8] (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher American Academy of Pediatrics ((United States) Elk Grove Village, IL)
issn 0031-4005
e-issn 1098-4275
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/PEDI - Pôle de Pédiatrie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de soins intensifs
MESH Subject Belgium ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Netherlands ; Palliative Care ; Suicide, Assisted ; United States
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Bibliographic reference Clément de Cléty, Stéphan ; Friedel, Marie ; Verhagen, A A Eduard ; Lantos, John D ; Carter, Brian S. Please Do Whatever It Takes to End Our Daughter's Suffering!. In: Pediatrics, Vol. 137, no.1, p. e20153812 [1-8] (2015)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/176171