{"id":12177,"date":"2002-02-01T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-02T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12177"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:46:47","slug":"palliative-care-and-euthanasia-belgian-and-dutch-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12177","title":{"rendered":"Palliative Care and Euthanasia: Belgian and Dutch Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bert Broeckaert, Rien Janssens<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"153\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ethicalpersp.jpg\" alt=\"Ethical Perspectives\" class=\"wp-image-11773\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ethical Perspectives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>In the first part of this article the input of palliative care organisations in the Dutch euthanasia debate is described and explained by situating it in its broader context. First opinions on euthanasia of a variety of palliative care organisations are described. Secondly the Dutch debate on palliative care and euthanasia is analysed and evaluated. In a second part of this article a brief introduction to Belgian palliative care is given. This introduction is followed by an overview of the way organised palliative care has been active in the Belgian euthanasia debate. Attention too is given to the Belgian discussion on palliative sedation, sedation being presented by some as the palliative alternative to euthanasia but seen by others as nothing but euthanasia in disguise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Broeckaert B, Janssens R. Palliative Care a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethical-perspectives.be\/pdf.php?ID=57\">nd Euthanasia: Belgian and Dutch Perspectives<\/a>. Ethical Perspectives 9(2-3); 2002 Feb 01, 156-175<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bert Broeckaert, Rien Janssens ExtractIn the first part of this article the input of palliative care organisations in the Dutch euthanasia debate is described and explained by situating it in its broader context. First opinions on euthanasia of a variety of palliative care organisations are described. Secondly the Dutch debate on palliative care and euthanasia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12177\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Palliative Care and Euthanasia: Belgian and Dutch Perspectives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,554,14,2,1135,630],"tags":[840,841],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-journal-article","category-palliative-care","category-sedation","tag-bert-broeckaert","tag-rien-janssens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Palliative Care and Euthanasia: Belgian and Dutch Perspectives - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article discusses the relationship between palliative care and euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands. 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