The verdict referred to in this British Medical Journal editorial is Dr Nigel Cox's conviction for
attempted murder. 2 His patient of long standing, Lillian Boyes, who had made her wish for a …

Why has the law on euthanasia in the Netherlands caused such an upheaval both at home
and abroad? In this paper I explore some bioethical issues in the decriminalisation of …

Representatives from eight European countries compared the legal, ethical and professional
settings within which decision making for neonates takes place. When it comes to limiting …

In their paper'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?'Alberto Giubilini and Francesca
Minerva argue that because there are no significant differences between a fetus and a …

Abstract Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva's controversial article 'After‐Birth Abortion:
Why Should the Baby Live?'has received a lot of criticism since its publishing. Part of the …

The argument for the moral permissibility of killing newborns is a challenge to liberal
positions on abortion because it can be considered a reductio of their defence of abortion …

Abstract The Belgian Parliamentary Act on Euthanasia of May 28, 2002, provides a clear
example in the context of a conference dedicated to the efficiency of legal norms and …

This article discusses the nature of euthanasia, and the way in which redevelopment of the
concept of euthanasia in some influential recent philosophical writing has led to morally less …

Despite tremendous advances in medical care for critically ill newborn infants, caregivers in
neonatal intensive care units still struggle with how to approach those patients whose …

When admitted for the last time she was already receiving an experimental antibiotic, which
was being admin-istered in an attempt to control a resist-ant pneumonia superimposed on …