The National Council on Medical Ethics (SMER) has sent a letter and a memorandum to the Government concerning the patient's possibility to decide on his/her own death.

In a letter to the Swedish government the National Council on Medical Ethics proposes a review of legal options to enhance children’s rights in healthcare.

In a letter to the Swedish government the National Council on Medical Ethics proposes a review of legal options to enhance children’s rights in healthcare.

The Council has considered a new method using a combination of ultrasound and maternal biochemistry to determine the risk of chromosomal anomalies in the foetus. The result of this combined test contributes to the decision whether or not to offer/perform genetic prenatal diagnosis.

The Council has considered a new method using a combination of ultrasound and maternal biochemistry to determine the risk of chromosomal anomalies in the foetus. The result of this combined test contributes to the decision whether or not to offer/perform genetic prenatal diagnosis.

This opinion from the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (SMER) addresses the issue of what we should do, not just what we can do, in the field of prenatal diagnosis.

Translation Swedish Code of Statutes no 2006:351.

The opinion on ‘fetal reduction’ was issued on request by the Ministry of Health.

This opinion was issued on request by the Ministry of Justice and deals with a report by a committee that had reviewed the area legal substitutes for adults.