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Full-Text Articles in Palliative Care
More Than Medication: Perinatal Palliative Care., Brian S. Carter
More Than Medication: Perinatal Palliative Care., Brian S. Carter
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Please Do Whatever It Takes To End Our Daughter's Suffering!, Stéphan Clément De Cléty, Marie Friedel, A A Eduard Verhagen, John D. Lantos, Brian S. Carter
Please Do Whatever It Takes To End Our Daughter's Suffering!, Stéphan Clément De Cléty, Marie Friedel, A A Eduard Verhagen, John D. Lantos, Brian S. Carter
Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers
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 …