NETHERLANDS

Netherlands prepares for child euthanasia

Michael Cook | 14 October 2020 | Comments

tags: child euthanasia, netherlands

There will only be 5 or 10 cases a year, says health minister

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Dutch euthanasia doctor agrees that there is a ‘slippery slope’

Michael Cook | 29 August 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands, slippery slope

Bert Keizer says that expanding the criteria for euthanasia eligibility is the path of progress

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Dutch concern over bill for ‘completed life’ euthanasia

Michael Cook | 26 July 2020 | Comments

tags: completed life, netherlands

“The difference between your biological and your biographical life is increasing”

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Dutch court rules patients with advanced dementia can be euthanised

Xavier Symons | 25 April 2020 | Comments

tags: consent, dementia, euthanasia, netherlands

Patients need not be competent to be euthanised.

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More caution needed in coronavirus reporting

Michael Cook | 05 April 2020 | Comments

tags: coronavirus, euthanasia, netherlands

The media shouldn’t extrapolate from a few remarks

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Coronavirus forces closure of Dutch euthanasia clinic

Michael Cook | 21 March 2020 | Comments

tags: coronavirus, euthanasia, netherlands

Euthanasia care is not a top priority in health care

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Researchers cast spotlight on Dutch euthanasia for dementia

Xavier Symons | 27 October 2019 | Comments

tags: consent, dementia, euthanasia, law, netherlands

Dutch EAS doctors use past statements to determine what demented patients want.

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Most Dutch paediatricians want euthanasia for kids: report

Michael Cook | 20 October 2019 | Comments

tags: child euthanasia, netherlands

Between five and 10 Dutch children would be eligible for this every year

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Dutch doctor acquitted of unlawful euthanasia

Michael Cook | 15 September 2019 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, euthanasia for dementia, netherlands

The first in the history of the controversial law to trigger criminal charges

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Dutch doctor in court over euthanasia of demented woman

Michael Cook | 01 September 2019 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

Relatives had to hold her down during lethal injection

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Euthanasia dropped 7% in the Netherlands in 2018

Michael Cook | 05 May 2019 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

A worrying sign for supporters

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Are patients with personality disorders who request euthanasia being treated properly?

Michael Cook | 10 March 2019 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

Often they are not treated by psychiatrists

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Public prosecutor drops case against Dutch euthanasia doctor

Xavier Symons | 27 October 2018 | Comments

tags: consent, euthanasia, malpractice, netherlands

The RTE was concerned that the patient had not provided written consent.

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The shadowy world of ‘euthanasia fundamentalism’

Michael Cook | 25 March 2018 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands, philip nitschke

After Australia, the UK, and the US, it pops up in the Netherlands

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Netherlands euthanasia case under renewed scrutiny

Xavier Symons | 10 March 2018 | Comments

tags: advance directives, dementia, euthanasia, netherlands

A controversial case of euthanasia for a demented patient has come under renewed criticism.

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Netherlands passes opt-out organ donation law

Xavier Symons | 17 February 2018 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands, organ donation, presumed consent

Persons over the age of 18 must notify authorities if they don't want to donate.

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Dissent in Dutch euthanasia bureaucracy

Michael Cook | 20 January 2018 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

How do you know if a patient is suffering unbearably?

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Euthanasia is only for doctors, say Dutch prosecutors

Michael Cook | 09 December 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

After nearly 10 years, a tragic case may be drawing to a close

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Demand for euthanasia surges in the Netherlands

Michael Cook | 11 November 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands, taboos

The taboo has gone

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New study casts doubt on effectiveness of euthanasia regulation in the Netherlands

Xavier Symons | 04 November 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, law, netherlands, regulation

Review committees struggle to judge if patients were eligible for PAS.

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