Importance The increasing legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
worldwide makes it important to understand related attitudes and practices. Objective To …

The Holocaust, the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by
the National Socialist (Nazi) regime and its collaborators, is arguably the most extreme …

Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus'
health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as …

Background: Debates over legalisation of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or euthanasia
often warn of a “slippery slope”, predicting abuse of people in vulnerable groups. To assess …

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the process of end-of-life decision-making in culturally different
neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). STUDY DESIGN: Review of medical files of …

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human
beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges …

In the past century, child mortality has fallen to very low rates in all developed countries.
However, rates between and within countries vary widely, and factors can be identified that …

Incidence Worldwide, the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) varies from 0.17 to 6.39
per 1,000 live births. The declining prevalence of myelomeningocele, the most common …

Background: This manuscript reviews unique aspects of end of life decision-making in
pediatrics. Methods: A narrative literature review of pediatric end of life issues was …

Ethical and legal issues concerning physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are very
much on the public agenda in many jurisdictions. In this timely book LW Sumner addresses …