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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 bars is the same as unbearable suffering. So why shouldn't they be allowed the privilege assisted...
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BBC accused of ‘bias’ in favour of assisted suicide
The BBC has been accused of acting as a “cheerleader” for assisted suicide by broadcasting campaigners' views on national television without opposition. (The Telegraph)
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Most doctors opposes physician-assisted suicide, poll finds
Whether doctors should help patients die continues to be a hotly debated topic within the medical community, a New England Journal of Medicine poll finds. The journal questioned readers about a hypothetical near-death...
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Euthanasia : “too many, too much for me !” says Dr Sarah Van Laer
Dr Sarah Van Laer, who has euthanased 28 patients since legalisation in 2002, has complained bitterly to the Belgian newspaper De Standaard about the burdens of her work.
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Put disabled babies out of our misery, say Dutch doctors
In a new policy document, “Medical decisions about the lives of newborns with severe abnormalities” ( in Dutch only ) the KNMG explains why it is acceptable, and perhaps even necessary, to euthanase children. This is no longer headline news in the Netherlands, as newborn euthanasia is allowed under the...
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« Death pact » and euthanasia of 45-year old twins : analysis
(Le questionnement des pays étrangers est tel, que nous avons traduit pour eux notre analyse déjà parue en français et en néerlandais.)
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Euthanasia in Belgium : 10 years on
May 28, 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the legalisation of euthanasia in Belgium, with the Netherlands following suit a year earlier and Luxembourg doing the same in 2009.
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Big rise in Dutch euthanasia deaths
Just-released statistics for Dutch euthanasia in 2011 show that the number of psychiatric patients who died has skyrocketed from 2 in 2010 to 13 last year. Euthanasia for people with dementia also rose substantially, to...