Recent articles hinting that Dutch psychiatrist and euthanasia pioneer Dr. Boudewijn Chabot may have become critical of euthanasia are not entirely accurate. Furthermore, the information he provides makes it impossible to suggest that euthanasia has not be extended in the Netherlands. Read more >>
Since first permitted in the 1970s, the Netherlands has always had a problem with doctors killing patients who have not asked for euthanasia. Despite that being murder under the law, nothing substantial is ever done about it. Read more >>
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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 >>
A Dutch euthanasia doctor killed a woman in her 80s because she did not want to live in a nursing home. The regional review committee has found the doctor negligent and referred the case to prosecutors. Read more >>
A group of 220 Dutch doctors took out an advertisement to show that they are against granting euthanasia to advanced dementia patients. Read more >>
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