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Kenneth Chambaere, Robert Vander Stichele, Freddy Mortier, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens<\/h4>\n\n\n
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We found an increased demand for euthanasia in Belgium between 2007 and 2013, as well as growing willingness among physicians to meet those requests, mostly after the involvement of palliative care services. This finding indicates that, after 11 years of experience, euthanasia is increasingly considered as a valid option at the end of life in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chambaere K, Stichele RV, Mortier F, Cohen J, Deliens L. Recent Trends in Euthanasia and Other End-of-Life Practices in Belgium<\/a>. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 19;372(12):1179-1181. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenneth Chambaere, Robert Vander Stichele, Freddy Mortier, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens ExtractWe found an increased demand for euthanasia in Belgium between 2007 and 2013, as well as growing willingness among physicians to meet those requests, mostly after the involvement of palliative care services. This finding indicates that, after 11 years of experience, euthanasia is increasingly … Continue reading “Recent Trends in Euthanasia and Other End-of-Life Practices in Belgium”<\/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":[12,14,882],"tags":[1822,388,389,390,1823],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-euthanasia","category-journals-correspondence","tag-freddy-mortier","tag-joachim-cohen","tag-kenneth-chambaere","tag-luc-deliens","tag-robert-vander-stichele"],"yoast_head":"\r\nRecent Trends in Euthanasia and Other End-of-Life Practices in Belgium - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 11 years of experience, euthanasia is increasingly considered as a valid option at 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