Analyzing euthanasia and assisted suicide worldwide
OneOfUs symposium on euthanasia and assisted suicide in Brussels.
euthanasia
No significant moral difference exists between medically assisted suicide and euthanasia
Cardinal Eijk opposes the idea that assisted suicide is morally different from euthanasia.
Saint Joseph, patron of the good death
The Church has always shown particular concern for the dying, offering them accompaniment and care, respecting the sacredness of life, even in its final stages, and rejecting the ethically unacceptable practices of euthanasia or assisted suicide.
Euthanasia in the Netherlands: geographical variation
The Dutch researchers Groenewoud and Boer publish data in the BMJ showing that there is a geographical variation in the number of new euthanasia cases among various postal code areas.
The Netherlands: Cardinal Eijk on the approval of euthanasia in a woman wit dementia
Cardinal Eijk reacts on behalf of the Dutch Bishop’s Conference on the supreme court’s judgement in a case euthanasia in a patient with advanced dementia in the Netherlands.
Brothers of Charity and euthanasia
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announces that the psychiatric hospitals run by the Brothers of Charity in Belgium cannot considered anymore as Catholic institutions.
Appeal to Belgian parliamentarians on medical ethics
The Belgian Medical Association St. Luke appeals the Belgian parliament to bring issues in bioethics in a public discussion.
FIAMC statement on legislation of euthanasia
FIAMC protests against possible legalislation of euthanasia in teh Council of Europe.
Marty report on euthanasia
Mr. Dick Marty reports the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on euthanasia. He aims at introducing, in the Countries where they do not exist yet, laws exempting the physicians who help incurable patients put an end to their lives (if they request it) from legal prosecution.