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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 nonetheless authorizing the practice of euthanasia under certain conditions.
Paper Palliative Care
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...
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
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,...
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Belgian Euthanasia Increases by 89% in four years.
Belgian Euthanasia Increases by 89% in fur years.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
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.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
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.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
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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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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