[Questionable basis for 'hopeless and unbearable suffering' as the criterion for the active termination of life in newborns with spina bifida]

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A A E Verhagen et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2005.

. 2005 Sep 17;149(38):2136; author reply 2136.

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[Questionable basis for 'hopeless and unbearable suffering' as the criterion for the active termination of life in newborns with spina bifida].
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[Questionable basis for 'hopeless and unbearable suffering' as the criterion for the active termination of life in newborns with spina bifida].
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[Deliberate termination of life in newborns in The Netherlands; review of all 22 reported cases between 1997 and 2004].
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