NETHERLANDS

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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After 15 years, will the Dutch finally prosecute a euthanasia doctor?

Michael Cook | 21 October 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

An elderly woman with dementia was given a lethal injection

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Dutch couple choose euthanasia together

Michael Cook | 19 August 2017 | Comments

tags: couple euthanasia, euthanasia, netherlands

It's an increasingly common practice in the Netherlands, it seems

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Latest end-of-life statistics from the Netherlands

Michael Cook | 05 August 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

Nearly 1 death in 20 is due to euthanasia

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A Dutch euthanasia pioneer surveys the wreckage and despairs

Michael Cook | 24 June 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, netherlands

Safeguards for the mentally ill and the demented are slipping away

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Dutch fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm

Michael Cook | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: ivf, netherlands, sperm donation

But he died in April so potential children are suing to access DNA material

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Euthanasia rates rise by 10% in the Netherlands

Xavier Symons | 22 April 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, euthanasia, netherlands

Deaths by euthanasia increased 10% in the Netherlands in 2016, according to a new report.

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Dutch doctors oppose plans for ‘completed life’ euthanasia

Michael Cook | 07 April 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

It could stigmatise the elderly

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Dutch health council authorises the creation of human embryos for research

Xavier Symons | 01 April 2017 | Comments

tags: embryo experimentation, embryo research, gene editing, law, netherlands

The Dutch Health Council has recommended that scientists be allowed to create embryos specifically for research purposes

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Struggling woman with dementia euthanised in Netherlands

Michael Cook | 04 February 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, euthanasia for dementia, involuntary euthanasia, netherlands

Regional review committee questions consent and coercion.

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Nitschke ramps up campaign for unrestricted suicide

Michael Cook | 10 December 2016 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, netherlands, philip nitschke, suicide machine

A new group, Exit Action, will take “a militant pro-euthanasia position”

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Interview: Philip Nitschke on life in the Netherlands

Philip Nitschke | 28 November 2016 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, interviews, netherlands, philip nitschke

Dutch views on "completed life" sync with his notion of rational suicide

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Netherlands offers euthanasia for alcoholics

Michael Cook | 25 November 2016 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

Dutch journalist writes book about the death of his brother

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