Quality of Living and Dying: Pediatric Palliative Care and End-of-Life Decisions in the Netherlands

In 2002, The Netherlands continued its leadership in developing rules and jurisdiction regarding euthanasia and end-of-life decisions by implementing the Euthanasia Act, which allows euthanasia for patients 12 years of age and older. Subsequently, in 2005, the regulation on active ending of life for...

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Authors: Brouwer, Marije (Author) ; Maeckelberghe, Els (Author) ; Weerd, Willemien De (Author) ; Verhagen, Eduard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2018
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 376-384
Further subjects:B The Netherlands
B end of life
B Palliative Care
B newborn
B Euthanasia
B pediatric
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