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Improving control over euthanasia of persons with psychiatric illness: Lessons from the first Belgian criminal court case concerning euthanasia
BACKGROUND: Belgium is one of very few countries that legally allow euthanasia for suffering caused by psychiatric illness. In the first criminal trial in Belgium of physicians involved in euthanasia, three physicians recently faced the accusation of “murder by poisoning,” for allegedly having faile...
Autores principales: | De Hert, Marc, Loos, Sien, Sterckx, Sigrid, Thys, Erik, Van Assche, Kristof |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9343580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35928783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.933748 |
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