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AAP Grand Rounds 14:9-10 (2005) Protocol for Euthanasia of Severely Ill NewbornsSource: Verhagen E, Sauer PJJ. The Groningen protocol: euthanasia in severely ill newborns. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:959962. http://content.njm.org/cgi/content/short/352/10/959?query=TOC
In the Netherlands, protocols for euthanasia have been legally available since 1985 for competent individuals older than 16 years who request it. Although not legally available for infants, a survey of neonatologists in the Netherlands indicates that infant active euthanasia has occurred 1520 times a year.1 The authors from University Medical Center Groningen report their experience with the Groningen protocol developed in 2002 for use when a deliberate lifeending procedure is considered for an infant.
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