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Euthanasia in Belgium: trends in reported cases between 2003 and 2013 [1]

In 2002, the Belgian Act on Euthanasia came into effect, regulating the intentional ending of life by a physician at the patient’s explicit request. We undertook this study to describe trends in officially reported euthanasia cases in Belgium with regard to patients’ sociodemographic and clinical profiles, as well as decision-making and performance characteristics.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
Sigrid Dierickx [3], Luc Deliens [4], Joachim Cohen & et al [5]
CMAJ [6]
188
16
1-8
Tags:
Health Policy [7], Belgium [8], Europe [9], Legislation [10], Health Care [11]
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