EUROPE

LUXEMBURG, one year after legalisation. A report

April 19, 2010: With the Grand-Duchy’s law on “Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide” being in place for one year now, there is little to report on the subject except that the secretariat of ADMD-L receives many letters and calls from people outside the country hoping to be able to come and “die” in Luxembourg.

Belgian report on euthanasia characteristics

March 16, 2010: Belgium scientists (Smets e.a.) published a brief report in Medical Care in which they give the characteristics of all the reported cases of euthanasia in Belgium, since the implementation of the law in 2002. The objective was to study the reported medical practice of euthanasia and present an analysis of the anonymous database of all euthanasia cases reported to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee Euthanasia.

Ireland to have living wills legalised soon?

October 1, 2009: A Law Reform Commission has recommended the Irish

Call for Registration for RtD-Europe meeting Frankfurt

September 1, 2009: The board of the RtD-Europe kindly invites its members to and calls for registration for the Bienni

Zürich Canton (Switzerland) to vote twice on assisted suicide issue

August 20, 2009:   GenevaLunch.com  -  an online Community Swiss Newspaper  -  reports on the coincidence of two popular initiatives in the Canton of Zürich, both dealing with the

The alternative to euthanasia?

August 14, 2009:  Adam Brimelow, health correspondent to BBC News, reports on the suggestion that continuous deep sedation (CDS) is being (mis)used as "slow euthanasia" in many cas

Newsletter RtD-Europe December 2006/January 2007

The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe.

Newsletter RtD-Europe October 2006

The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe.

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