Improving control over euthanasia of persons with psychiatric illness: Lessons from the first Belgian criminal court case concerning euthanasia

BackgroundBelgium 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 failed...

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Main Authors: Marc De Hert, Sien Loos, Sigrid Sterckx, Erik Thys, Kristof Van Assche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.933748/full