Netherlands

Dutch Doctors Can Now Secretly Place Sedatives in Food before Euthanizing Alzheimer's Patients

Dutch Doctors Can Now Secretly Place Sedatives in Food before Euthanizing Alzheimer's Patients

A Netherlands medical committee recently changed its code of practice to allow doctors to slip sedatives into the food or drink of patients with dementia or Alzheimer's before they are euthanized.

How COVID Could Push Us Further Toward Euthanasia: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pt. 13

How COVID Could Push Us Further Toward Euthanasia: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pt. 13

Last week, the Dutch national health minister proposed that doctors should be permitted to euthanize “terminally ill” children under the age of thirteen.