Lessons from Belgium: Physician-assisted dying for (neuro)psychiatric suffering after 23 years of Belgian euthanasia legislation
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DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.195
Abstract: Abstract In 2002, the euthanasia law was voted in Belgian parliament, depenalising physician-assisted dying under certain conditions for irremediable physical or mental suffering caused by an incurable condition for which all therapeutic options have been… read more here.
Keywords: physician assisted; euthanasia; psychiatric suffering; law ... See more keywords
Physician Assisted Death for Psychiatric Suffering: Experiences in the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.895387
Abstract: Physician assisted death (PAD) for patients with a psychiatric disorder is a controversial topic of increasing relevance, since a growing number of countries are allowing it. General requirements for PAD include that patients possess decision-making… read more here.
Keywords: psychiatric suffering; physician assisted; assisted death; death psychiatric ... See more keywords