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How can palliative care be increased in a country that allows euthanasia?
In Belgium, palliative care is provided in a variety of settings (hospital, home, nursing home) in response to the demand of many patients to be able to choose where they receive this specific care. However, reports published by the Federal Centre of Expertise for Health Care (KCE) in recent years...
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Euthanasia in Ontario: over 400 breaches of the euthanasia law result in only reminders of the law
Between 2018 and 2023, more than 400 criminal offences involving euthanasia were recorded in Ontario. In 2024, doctors revealed this figure to the press, highlighting the facts contained in various reports from the...
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Organ donation after euthanasia: Altruism to mask utilitarianism?
The 10th ‘Sympadot’ symposium, organised on 21 November by the Transplantation Department of Brussels University Hospital (Erasme), focused on organ donation and transplantation. Among the topics discussed was the...
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World Palliative Care Day: “It's about reducing suffering, not ending life”
October 12, 2024 is World Hospice Palliative Care Day. To mark the occasion, the three Belgian palliative care federations in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders have relaunched a national campaign to spread a more positive...
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Australia: Study highlights impact of euthanasia on palliative care
A study published in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care in May 2024 looked at the impact of euthanasia on palliative care in Victoria, where the practice has been decriminalised in 2017. The study was conducted across three care centres between 2019 and 2021 and analysed data from 141 patients...
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The ECHR reiterates that no country is obliged to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide
In its decision of 13 June 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Hungarian government's ban on euthanasia and assisted suicide did not breach the European Convention on Human Rights. Mr Karsai,...
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Criminalisation of incitement to suicide: the Belgian legislator excludes assisted suicide and euthanasia
On the 22 February, the Belgian legislator adopted the new Book II of the Penal Code, which enshrines the new offence of incitement to suicide. Its aim is to protect people's lives, but it excludes assisted suicide and...
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Euthanasia in Belgium: 15% increase in 2023 - Towards a normalisation of programmed death
On Tuesday 27 February, the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in Belgium (CFCEE) released the figures for euthanasia declared in 2023. The number of euthanasia procedures officially carried...
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