An open letter from the World Medical Association and the New Zealand Medical Association pronouncing their opposition to physician-assisted suicide. Read more >>
Continue reading NEW ZEALAND: Doctors want no part in assisted suicide:The number of official cases of euthanasia in the Netherlands rose 10% last year to 6091 and euthanasia now accounts for 4% of total deaths, according to the regional monitoring boards. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: Number of official cases of euthanasia rise 10% in the Netherlands:Although the wish of some people who are not physically ill to die is palpable, new legislation aimed specifically at such cases would be ‘undesirable’, the KNMG, a Dutch doctors association, said in a statement. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: Dutch doctors reject separate euthanasia rules for ‘completed lives’:Several Belgian physicians argue in a recent research letter in JAMA that encouraging the practice of organ donation after euthanasia will help reduce the waitlists for organ donation. Read more >>
Continue reading BELGIUM: Euthanised organ donors could dramatically shorten waitlists in Belgium, say doctors:An interview with Maurie Markman MD on physician-assisted dying.
Continue reading Physician-Assisted Dying: Is a Patient’s Despair Reversible?