Open AccessRecent Trends in Euthanasia and Other End-of-Life Practices in Belgium
Author(s) -
Kenneth Chambaere,
Robert Vander Stichele,
Freddy Mortier,
Joachim Cohen,
Luc Deliëns
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmc1414527
Subject(s) - medicine , end of life care , medline , gerontology , family medicine , palliative care , nursing , law , political science
In surveys of physicians about patients who had died in Belgium, where euthanasia is legal, the rate of euthanasia increased between 2007 and 2013, from 1.9 to 4.6% of deaths. The increase resulted from a rise in both the number of requests for euthanasia and the proportion of requests granted.
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