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Dutch launch mobile euthanasia units

Published: March 01, 2012

Six specialised teams, each with a doctor, are criss-crossing the Netherlands to carry out euthanasia on patients at home whose own doctors refuse to do so, said a report in The Canberra Times.

The plan, by the Right to Die-NL (NVVE), has led to one of the Netherlands' largest lobby groups for doctors questioning whether ''Life-end clinic'' doctors would be able to form a close enough relationship with a patient to assess if their life should be ended.

Made up of a specially-trained doctor and nurse who will work part-time for the Life-end clinic initiative, teams will be able to visit patients all over the country.

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Euthanasia units at work (The Canberra Times)

Dutch launch mobile euthanasia teams (ABC) 

 

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  1. All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.

    Posted By: Kris

  2. To kill is a blatant act of contempt and disregard of God's will.
    Have they lost all conscience about the loss of life, be it of children and the elderly?
    Adding to the disgusting killings each day on TV of innocents in so many parts of the world, especially in the Middle East.

    Posted By: Charles Rodrigues

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