January 31, 2010: In the book "Redeemer under God", recently published by researcher Anne-Mei The, Els Borst was quoted as having said that she may have made a mistake... and...   now says it was brought in 'far too early'.  Without elaborating, she admitted that medical care for the terminally-ill had declined since the law came into effect.

Mrs Borst herself rebutted the assumptions in a letter to the editor of a Dutch paper (NRC).

/  January 31, 2010 Two researchgroups from Belgium and the Netherlands (the End-of-life Care Research Group from VU Brussels and the EMGO VUmc Amsterdam group) published a theoretical study into the practice of End-of-Life Consultation Services, developped in both countries: Establishing specialized health services for professional consultation in euthanasia: experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium.

January 4,  2010: The WFRtDS Newsletter Winter edition 2009 is released and can be seen by clicking here.  If you want to subscribe - individual subscriptions are possible - please inquire about fromalities with the editor Faye Girsh.

December 1, 2009: The quarterly Magazine of the NVVE, Relevant 2009-4, is released.You can read the English Summary by clicking here

November 30, 2009: A new book, published by Anne-Mei The, a well known D

November 26, 2009: At a symposium, organised by the Dutch RtD Society NVVE on end of life decisions and mental diseases, it was recorded that, although people suffering from an incurable mental disease have the same legal right to euthanasia as a person suffering from physical ailments, such psychiatric patients almost never get it.

November 24, 2009: A leading Church of Scotland minister, Dr. John Cameron, will publish an article next month in "Life and Work" (the Church of Scotland magazine), positioning himself as an opponent to his church's negative views and reaction on the End of Life Choices bill of MP Margo MacDonald.