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After Alfie Evans, Vatican Issues ‘Rights of the Incurable Child’

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In the introduction to the new Charter, which was released exactly one month after Alfie’s death, doctors from Bambino Gesù have addressed of the fundamental bones of contention in the Alfie Evans case: the difference between caring and curing. Whereas many patients may be declared incurable—at least within the limits of modern medicine—no patient should be deprived of care, the document insists.
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The new document stresses that the nuclear family should be in a position of protagonist, or central actor and not merely a passive recipient, of care decisions—together with the healthcare team. In the recent Alfie Evans case, the decisions of the child’s parents carried no weight and were subordinated to the power of the state.

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In its Decalogue of rights of the incurable child, the Vatican-backed charter says children with terminal diseases have the right to second opinions and better diagnostic and palliative care, as well as the right to explore experimental treatments and to be moved across international borders.

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The Vatican document highlights a fundamental difference in understanding of the dignity of uncurable children since it is based on the conviction that all human beings have an inviolable dignity and there are no lives that are not worth living.

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Full article:

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/30/after-alfie-evans-vatican-issues-charter-rights-incurable-child/

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