Euthanasia in Belgium – 16 years after its legalization

Legalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands.

1. In order to be deemed legal, acts of euthanasia must be performed according to "careful medical practice." Requests for euthanasia must be voluntary, well considered and persistent, and be made by patients who are experiencing unbearable suffering without hope of improvement. More than one physician must be involved in the decision, and both patient and physician must agree that euthanasia i...

Legal euthanasia in Belgium: characteristics of all reported euthanasia cases.

OBJECTIVES To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since implementation of the euthanasia law. RESEARCH DESIGN Analysis of the anonymous database of all euthanasia cases reported to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee Euthanasia. SUBJECTS All euthanasia cases reported by physicians for review between implementation of the euthanasia law on September 22nd, 20...

Pediatric euthanasia in Belgium: disturbing developments.

Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization

Nepal is often heralded as a model of the successful implementation and rapid scale-up of safe abortion services. Prior to 2002, Nepal had very restrictive abortion laws that prosecuted and imprisoned women and their family members for undergoing pregnancy terminations. Up to one-fifth of incarcerated women were convicted for abortion-related crimes.2 Despite the restrictive laws and legal impl...

Attitudes toward palliative care, conceptions of euthanasia and opinions about its legalization among French physicians.

We assume that actors of the professionalization process of palliative care make a special effort to demarcate it from euthanasia, and that such an effort has a significant impact on beliefs and attitudes toward euthanasia among the whole medical profession. We investigated concurrently attitudes toward palliative care, conceptions of euthanasia and opinion toward its legalization among a sampl...