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AAP Grand Rounds 14:9-10 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

BIOETHICS

Protocol for Euthanasia of Severely Ill Newborns

Source: Verhagen E, Sauer PJJ. The Groningen protocol: euthanasia in severely ill newborns. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:959–962. http://content.njm.org/cgi/content/short/352/10/959?query=TOC[Free Full Text]

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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 15–20 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. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mark R. Mercurio, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT