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Volume 352:2353-2355 June 2, 2005 Number 22
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Euthanasia in Severely Ill Newborns

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To the Editor: Verhagen and Sauer (March 10 issue)1 emphasize that euthanasia is becoming acceptable medical practice for infants in the Netherlands in whom hopeless and unbearable suffering is present. Doctors are not all-knowing, but pediatric palliative care is a dynamic process that remediates suffering in children through careful assessment and treatment of all symptoms; the quality of life is enhanced, and families are supported.2

Access to pediatric palliation is poor, even in countries with first-class medical systems. A study in the Netherlands3 revealed that the youngest patient receiving palliative care between March 2001 and February 2002 was seven years . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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