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Who can still deny the social derivatives from the introduction of the pactice of euthanasia in Belgium.

Euthanasia in psychiatry is a valid alternative to suicide in Belgium.

"If someone really wants to die, we should dare to help them.

That is in any case, what came out of the interview (below in Dutch) published in Knack magazine.

Psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont, LEIF group doctor (LevensEindInformatieForum) and jurist Tony Van Loon both are part of Ulteam (Uitklaring Levenseindevragen Team) in Wemmel, a multidisciplinary ...

Euthanasia in 5 minutes. On page 19 of the Journal de Montréal from April 10th 2013 and on page 28 in Le Journal de Québec on the concept of passive euthanasia that can lend to confusion. Publication sources of the Journal de Montréal: Exit International, Dignitas, Société Royale du Canada, Éducaloi.QC.CA, La Presse canadienne, Rue .89.com. Note that the research sources say a lot... OPERATION INFORMATION: Just a reminder: Ceasing and refusing a treatment are neither euthanasia nor suicide. They ...

Medecine and society

BY MICHEL DONGOIS MARCH 1st 2013 for L'ACTUALITÉ MÉDICALE

Approximately 6000 critically ill patients requested and obtained euthanasia in Belgium since 2002.

Dr Catherine Dopchie* recently spoke in Montreal about the decriminalisation of euthanasia in her country over the past ten years. She spoke about what she calls the "derivatives and misuses" of the law. L'actualité Médicale met with her. She gave her own personal point of view.

The criteria for the decriminalisation of euthanasia are clear (see frame) However, ...

Why Euthanasia STOP ?

The law decriminalising euthanasia in Belgium was passed in May 2002. This law created a framework allowing a patient to formulate a request for euthanasia and for a doctor to accede to it, under certain conditions, without committing a criminal offense.

Today, new legislative proposals aiming to broaden the field of law to minors, to those with dementia...are under discussion in the Belgian Parliament.

This fad is not shared by all Belgian citizens. Unfortunately, access to the traditional ...