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, 200...

BACKGROUND Public opinion polls indicate that a majority of Canadians are in favour of euthanasia. However, there have been many criticisms of the validity of these findings. The objective of this study was to assess public opinion towards euthanasia while controlling for possible threats to validity indicated in the literature review. METHODS A telephone public opinion poll was conducted in ...

BACKGROUND The Netherlands is one of the few countries where euthanasia is legal under strict conditions. This study investigates whether Dutch newspaper articles use the term 'euthanasia' according to the legal definition and determines what arguments for and against euthanasia they contain. METHODS We did an electronic search of seven Dutch national newspapers between January 2009 and May 2...

Since 2002, Belgium has had a national law legalising euthanasia. The law prescribes several substantive due care requirements and two procedural due care requirements, i.e. consultation with an independent physician and reporting of euthanasia to a Federal Control Committee. A large discrepancy in reporting rates between the Dutch-speaking (Flanders) and the French-speaking (Wallonia) parts of...

Euthanasia berkaitan dengan hukum pidana dan ilmu kedokteran. secara umum adalah sengaja tidak melakukan sesuatu untuk memperpanjang hidup seorang pasien atau memperpendek mengakhiri pasien. dibagi menjadi dua yaitu euthanasia aktif (tindakan yang dilakukan oleh dokter atas persetujuan demi cepatnya proses kematian) pasif dari membiarkan meninggal sendirinya tanpa perawatan pengobatan). Adapun ...

In many European countries there is a public debate about the acceptability and regulation of euthanasia. In 2002, Belgium became the second country after the Netherlands to enact a law on euthanasia. Although euthanasia rarely occurs, the complexity of the clinical-ethical decision making surrounding euthanasia requests and the need for adequate support reported by caregivers, means that healt...

The main purposes of the present study were to see how the term "euthanasia" influences people's support for or opposition to euthanasia; and to see how euthanasia attitude relates to religious orientation and personality factors. In this study two different euthanasia attitude scales were compared. 197 students were selected to fill out either the Euthanasia Attitude Scale (EAS) or Wasserman's...

OBJECTIVE To learn more about the attitudes of German general practitioners (GPs) concerning euthanasia and the frequency of its performance in Germany. METHODS 500 GPs from all parts of Germany were randomly selected from telephone listings, and were sent a postal questionnaire with anonymous return envelopes. Participants were asked to make decisions based on hypothetical scenarios involvin...