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From: Brumar89	11/16/2011 8:42:25 AM
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Netherlands looks to expand euthanasia grounds to include lonely, poor Published: 2:08 PM 11/15/2011 By Gracie Ferrell ... the KNMG polled its members online. More than 68 percent agreed with the statement that doctors should be “permitted to factor in vulnerability, loss of function, confinement to bed, loneliness, humiliation and loss of dignity” when determining whether a patient is a good candidate for euthanasia. Only 45 percent agreed that “a medically classifiable condition is a prerequisite for performing euthanasia or assisted suicide.” ...... American bioethicist Wesley Smith disagrees. “This whole assisted suicide euthanasia issue is a symptom, not a cause,” Smith told TheDC. “I think it’s a symptom of a society that has decided that it can’t establish moral standards.” Euthanasia is only an option in The Netherlands for adult patients who have made voluntary, informed requests to die — and face unbearable suffering without another alternative. A second doctor must be consulted. But Dutch news outlets reported on Nov. 9 that a woman with advanced dementia was euthanized in March without the ability to fully give her consent for the procedure. She “was a long-time supporter of euthanasia but became unable to make this clear as the disease progressed,” reported the news agency DutchNews.nl. “Now you have a woman who did not ask to be killed, and did not have the competence to asked to be killed, euthanized anyway,” an incredulous Smith added. This is not the first such case in the Netherlands. Dutch doctors end the lives of around 800 people each year without the patient’s permission, he contended. ......... Read more: dailycaller.com

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