Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Part 1 THE EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANT: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PERCEPTIONS, AND PRACTICES
- Part 2 BIOETHICS
- Part 3 REPORTS, OFFICIAL OPINIONS, AND GUIDELINES
- 23 United States
- 24 Canada
- 25 United Kingdom (UK)
- 26 France
- 27 Italy
- 28 Germany
- 29 International
- Part 4 THE LAW
- Part 5 EPILOGUE: TRUTH, TRUST, AND BOUNDARIES
- References
- Index
28 - Germany
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Part 1 THE EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANT: EPIDEMIOLOGY, PERCEPTIONS, AND PRACTICES
- Part 2 BIOETHICS
- Part 3 REPORTS, OFFICIAL OPINIONS, AND GUIDELINES
- 23 United States
- 24 Canada
- 25 United Kingdom (UK)
- 26 France
- 27 Italy
- 28 Germany
- 29 International
- Part 4 THE LAW
- Part 5 EPILOGUE: TRUTH, TRUST, AND BOUNDARIES
- References
- Index
Summary
The German Society for Medical Law has strict recommendations concerning foregoing life-sustaining treatment for neonates. They are specific about stating that an infant's life should be protected, whether severely damaged or not. Any deliberate shortening of life is an act of killing.(247)
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- Extreme PrematurityPractices, Bioethics and the Law, pp. 122Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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