TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Should pediatric euthanasia be legalized?
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Brouwer, Marije
A1  - Kaczor, Christopher
A1  - Battin, Margaret P.
A1  - Maeckelberghe, Els
A1  - Lantos, John D.
A1  - Verhagen, Eduard
SP  - e2017
EP  - 1343
VL  - 141
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1343
ID  - ref1
ER  -