Holland is a good brand, poorly sold
In the list of countries with the most attractive image, the Netherlands is in 12th place. This is quite a feat for such a small country. But how should we promote the Holland brand? Hundreds of people...
View ArticleNew euthanasia guidelines for Dutch physicians
A new position paper just published by the Dutch Physicians Association (KNMG) says unbearable and lasting suffering should not be the only criteria physicians consider when a patient requests...
View ArticleSuicide pill for the elderly?
Two decades ago, the euthanasia debate was shaken up by a new concept: the Drion pill. Huib Drion, then vice-president of the Dutch Supreme Court, put forward the idea of having an easily available...
View ArticleDutch doctors still reserved about euthanasia
Abortion, the suicide pill and euthanasia. In the Netherlands, life and death are both individual choices. That may be the image the Netherlands has abroad but euthanasia is not, in practice, carried...
View ArticleSelf-help film gives instructions on euthanasia
“When you are ready, put the bag over your head. Then slowly open the helium valve.” An instruction film made by Dutch psychiatrist Boudewijn Chabot explains how someone can kill themselves using a...
View ArticleNine myths about euthanasia in the Netherlands
The Dutch law allowing euthanasia under certain sharply-defined circumstances often raises eyebrows abroad. And it gives rise to countless unfounded allegations.The criticism is often made in foreign...
View ArticleDutch euthanasia rates unchanged by legislation
The legalisation of euthanasia in the Netherlands has not led to an increase in the number of cases according to a team of Dutch researchers. The findings published today in medical journal The Lancet...
View ArticleEuthanasia at patient's request deemed legal in Germany
A German lawyer who assisted an elderly comatose woman's family in ending her life was acting in the patient's interest, the German Federal Court of Justice found on Friday. An earlier conviction of...
View ArticleDutch euthanasia association pleased with German ruling
The Dutch Association for the Termination of Life on Request, or NVVE, is pleased with the ruling handed down by a German judge regarding the ‘termination of life on request’. Germany's Federal Court...
View ArticleTen years on: who will follow the Dutch example on euthanasia?
Today it is ten years since the Netherlands passed a law legalising euthanasia. This made the Netherlands the first country in the world to establish legal guidelines for ending a human life. But why...
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