title: Why Palliative Care for Children is Preferable to Euthanasia.
abstract: Recent laws in Europe now allow for pediatric euthanasia. The author reviews some rationale for caution, and addresses why ensuring the availability of pediatric palliative care is an important step before allowing pediatric euthanasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA Bioethics Center, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA bscarter@cmh.edu.
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology*; D005060:Europe; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics
keywords: end of life; ethics; euthanasia; palliative care; pediatrics