https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2007.296

Il porre fine alla vita di neonati handicappati Dal Protocollo di Groningen al regolamento nazionale olandese

Vol. 56 No. 6 (2007)
Published: December 30, 2007
Eutanasia, protocollo di Groningen, handicap neonatale / Euthanasia, Groningen Protocol, neonatal handicap
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Willem J. Eijk
info@bisdomgroningen.nl
Referente della Conferenza Episcopale Olandese cattolica per le questioni eticomediche, Netherlands.
Dal 2004, nei Paesi Bassi e al di fuori di essi, con il Protocollo di Groningen è stato messo nell'agenda del dibattito pubblico concernente l'eutanasia il porre fine alla vita di neonati. Nel frattempo, il governo olandese ha redatto un regolamento nazionale che è in vigore dal 2006. Ogni vita umana, quindi anche quella del neonato, è un valore intrinseco che non può essere sacrificato, nemmeno per porre termine alla sofferenza. La sofferenza insopportabile e senza prospettive non può essere usata come criterio per giustificare la soppressione attiva della vita. La sofferenza insopportabile pare essere giudicata dai medici in modo diverso. Anche sulla valutazione della sofferenza senza prospettive, le opinioni dei medici sembrano divergere notevolmente. La sedazione palliativa può essere una soluzione per riportare la sofferenza a proporzioni sopportabili. Può considerarsi legittimo rinunciare ad una terapia che prolunghi la vita, anche se così ne viene accelerata la fine.
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From 2004 through the Groningen Protocol the termination of life of neonates was put on the agenda of the debate concerning euthanasia inside and outside the Netherlands. In the meantime Dutch government has established the national regulations, effective from 2006. Every human life, including that of the neonate, is an intrinsic value, which may not be sacrificed, also not in order to end suffering. The being unbearable and the hopelessness of suffering may not be used as a criterion for justifying active termination of life. The opinions regarding the hopelessness of suffering also appears to differ among physicians. Palliative sedation may be a solution in order to reduce suffering to bearable proportions. It may be legitimate to renounce life prolonging treatment, also when the end of life is accelerated by doing so.

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Eijk, W. J. (2007). Il porre fine alla vita di neonati handicappati Dal Protocollo di Groningen al regolamento nazionale olandese. Medicina E Morale, 56(6). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2007.296

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