Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Assisted Suicide for Dementia Considered by One-Third Dutch Doctors

One-third of Dutch doctor showed willingness to help a person with early dementia, mental illness or who is 'tired of living' with assisted suicide, reveals a small survey published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. In the Netherlands, euthanasia or assisted suicide for those whose suffering is psychiatric/psychological in nature is legally permissible, but it represents a fraction of the numbers of patients who are helped to die in this way. And ...

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