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“Euthanasia by different means” in Holland |
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Radio Netherlands, 29-31 May 06 reported that the chairperson of the five regional monitoring committees for euthanasia, Reina de Valle, says she does not know how often palliative sedation is used in patients because doctors are only obliged to report cases of actual euthanasia. She doubts that it is being used as a way to avoid the paperwork. . . .
She is more concerned with the medical professionalism of doctors who apply palliative sedation prematurely. “It is just euthanasia by different means, because without food or water anyone dies after a week.”
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