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The Groningen Protocol
Author(s) -
LINDEMANN HILDE,
VERKERK MARIAN
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2008.0010
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , protocol (science) , law , medicine , family medicine , psychology , alternative medicine , history , political science , archaeology , pathology
Several criticisms of the Groningen Protocol rest on misunderstandings about how it works or which babies it concerns. Some other objections—about quality‐of‐life judgments and parents' role in making decisions about their children—cannot be easily cleared away, but at least in the context of Dutch culture and medicine, the protocol is acceptable.