Belgium

We have to try harder, say Belgian euthanasia doctors. We’re only #2

Michael Cook | 17 January 2012

Remember the Avis Rent-a-Car commercials from the 1960s? Maybe not. Anyhow, they tripled the company’s market share with the slogan, “Avis Is Only No. 2, We Try Harder.” The Belgian right-to-die lobby seems to have the same can-do attitude.

Is the slippery slope at work in Belgium?

Michael Cook | 10 December 2011

The “slippery slope” is often derided as a logical fallacy. But when one of the leading advocacy groups for euthanasia in Belgium posts an article entitled “Euthanasie: tijd voor de volgende stap, Euthanasia, time for the next step”, it’s hard not to think that it may not be so illogical after all.

Belgian transplant surgeons use lungs from euthanased patients

Michael Cook | 12 June 2011

Using organs from euthanased patients seem to have become a well established procedure in Belgium, only nine years after it was legalized. A press release from a team at a hospital in Leuven announced yesterday that it had successfully transplanted lungs from four euthanased patients between 2007 and 2009.

Belgian doctors harvest high quality organs from euthanased patients

Michael Cook | 25 January 2011

Participation is voluntary

Only half of Belgium’s euthanasia cases are reported

Michael Cook | 15 October 2010

Major report in BMJ

Belgian nurses appear to support euthanasia

Michael Cook | 11 September 2010

Are all end-of-life decisions euthanasia decisions?

Half of Belgian euthanasia deaths are involuntary

Michael Cook | 21 May 2010

It’s OK. No change since legalisation

Belgian surgeons harvest organs after euthanasia

Michael Cook | 14 May 2010

Not just a bright idea