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Euthanasia of minors in Belgium
On 28 February 2014 a law was enacted "amending the Act of 28 May 2002 on euthanasia in order to extend it to minors"1. Belgium thus became the first and only country to authorise euthanasia of minors without specifying that any conditions with respect to their age should be met.
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New Report : Does euthanasia distort palliative care practice in Belgium?
The purpose of this new Report published by the European Institute of Bioethics is to describe the Belgian model of "end of life care" that, since 2002, has aimed at developing "palliative care for all", while...
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Does the Belgian model of integrated palliative care distort palliative care practice?
The purpose of this report is to describe the Belgian model of end of life care that, since 2002, has aimed at developing "palliative care for all", while nonetheless authorizing the practice of euthanasia under certain...
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Euthanasia of newborns and the Groningen Protocol
Until now, only three countries in the world have decriminalised euthanasia: the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. This practice is available only to people who are mentally competent when they apply (if necessary,...
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Belgian Euthanasia Increases by 89% in four years.
Belgian Euthanasia Increases by 89% in four years.
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Ban on adoption of Russian children by Belgians
Russian Lower House MPs have asked the Foreign Ministry to study the recently passed law allowing child euthanasia in Belgium in order to decide if its citizens should be legally banned from adopting Russian kids.
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Canada : no to euthanasia and assisted suicide
BC Court of Appeal upholds protections in law from euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Supreme Court of Canada is next.
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A call to make assisted suicide available to prisoners
Writing on the Oxford University blog Practical Ethics, Christian Browne, a young British doctor and bioethicist, argues that the plight of prisoners is essentially the same as the terminally ill. A life sentence behind...
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