US Pediatric Nursing Journal Toys with Condoning Infanticide
July 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A professional journal for pediatric nurses has produced an article examining the ethics of infanticide according to the Dutch Groningen Protocol. The Protocol permits the killing of babies in the Netherlands on the judgment of a physician based on "quality of life" criteria. The article, appearing in the May-June 2008 edition of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, and jointly authored by J. Catlin and Renee Novakovich, talks about the effects of the Protocol on medical ethics in the US.
The piece, "The Groningen Protocol: What Is It, How Do the Dutch Use It, and Do We Use It Here?" calls the issue "complex." The authors describe work undertaken by the American Nurses' Association (ANA) to help nurses define "the differences between euthanasia, assistance in dying and palliative care." The authors also write that although there are wide divisions in opinion on the...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
