Abstract The Supreme Court decision in Carter v. Canada (2015) has led to changes to the
Canadian Criminal Code, such that physician-assisted death is now a legal option for …

Abstract On February 2014, the Belgian Parliament approved the first law on children
euthanasia stating that also young children can make the autonomous choice to have their …

Abstract Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) was decriminalized in Canada in 2016 for
individuals 18 years or older who met eligibility criteria. Currently, individuals younger than …

Medical technology allows us to sustain the lives of people with profound neurologic
impairment. In some cases, survivors experience intractable pain or discomfort. In such …

00 - Aznar - ahead of print_- Page 1 1. Background When a door is opened to give way to
an issue with a significant bioethical bur- den, we know that it will go through it at that time …

PPC liaison teams constantly face situations where parents ask medical teams to prolong
their child's life. They may encounter parents who ask them to try other types of active …

Dying–or the possibility of death—is not a topic often addressed in modern medicine,
especially in paediatrics. But when parents and children are faced with a life-threatening …

The “death with dignity” movement, for all its well-intentioned and laudable passion, is at
once a logical reaction to and a pathologic extension of what Ivan Illich referred to 50 years …

Les soins palliatifs pédiatriques sont des soins actifs, holistiques, compatibles avec des
soins curatifs destinés à des enfants ayant des maladies limitant ou menaçant leur vie …

There are many steps involved in the process of introducing CRISPR-Cas9 into the current
health care system. This dissertation provides an ethical foundation for the uses of CRISPR …