The acceptability among French lay persons of ending the lives of damaged newborns
Background: Lay persons’ judgements of the acceptability of the not uncommon practice of ending the life of a damaged neonate have not been studied.Methods: A convenience sample of 1635 lay people in France rated how acceptable it would be for a physician to end a neonate’s life—by withholding care,...
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BMJ Publ.
2009
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 35, Issue: 11, Pages: 701-708 |
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