Vizcarrondo Felipe E
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA.
Linacre Q. 2014 Nov;81(4):388-92. doi: 10.1179/0024363914Z.00000000086.
For the past thirty years, voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide of adult patients have been common practice in the Netherlands. Neonatal euthanasia was recently legalized in the Netherlands and the Groningen Protocol (GP) was developed to regulate the practice. Supporters claim compliance with the GP criteria makes neonatal euthanasia ethically permissible. An examination of the criteria used by the Protocol to justify the euthanasia of seriously ill neonates reveals the criteria are not based on firm moral principles. The taking of the life of a seriously ill person is not the solution to the pain and suffering of the dying process. It is the role of the medical professional to care for the ailing patient with love and compassion, always preserving the person's dignity. Neonatal euthanasia is not ethically permissible.
在过去三十年里，荷兰成年患者的自愿安乐死和医生协助自杀一直是常见做法。荷兰最近将新生儿安乐死合法化，并制定了《格罗宁根议定书》（GP）来规范这一行为。支持者声称，符合《格罗宁根议定书》标准使新生儿安乐死在伦理上是可允许的。对该议定书用于为重症新生儿安乐死辩护的标准进行审查后发现，这些标准并非基于坚定的道德原则。夺走重症患者的生命并非解决临终过程中的痛苦的办法。医疗专业人员的职责是以爱和同情照顾患病患者，始终维护患者的尊严。新生儿安乐死在伦理上是不允许的。
