What is it about?
The aim of this article is to provide a critical review of one of the most worrying aspects of the euthanasia policy and practice in Belgium – the deliberate shortening of lives of some patients without their explicit voluntary request.
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Why is it important?
A timely and most worrying concern
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My hope that lessons will be learnt soon, and policy changes implemented to prevent further abuse
Professor raphael cohen-almagor
University of Hull
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This page is a summary of: First do no harm: intentionally shortening lives of patients without their explicit request in Belgium, Journal of Medical Ethics, June 2015, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102387.
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