Requests for Euthanasia in Belgian Prisons. Between Mental Suffering, Human Dignity and the Death Penalty Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium is one of three countries in the world where euthanasia can legally be used by physicians at the explicit and repeated request of a patient who is in a hopeless medical situation and experiencing unbearable and continued physical or mental pain and suffering that cannot be relieved and is the result of a serious and incurable injury or pathological condition. Over the last two years, 17 requests for euthanasia due to unbearable mental ...