Why Palliative Care For Children Is Preferable To Euthanasia

Why Palliative Care For Children Is Preferable To Euthanasia

Carter Brian S

10.1177/1049909114542648

The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care

2016

End Of Life; Ethics; Euthanasia; Palliative Care; Pediatrics

Beneficence; Child; Child Welfare/ethnology; Europe; Euthanasia/ethics; Humans; Palliative Care/ethics; Pediatrics/standards; Terminal Care/ethics

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.

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