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The Groningen Protocol for newborn euthanasia; which way did the slippery slope tilt?
- Correspondence to Dr A A Eduard Verhagen, Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands; a.a.e.verhagen{at}umcg.nl
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The Groningen Protocol for newborn euthanasia; which way did the slippery slope tilt?
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- Accepted February 4, 2013
- First published May 1, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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