In 2023, there were ***** euthanasia registered in Belgium. The country decriminalized active euthanasia in May 2002. Euthanasia exceeded ********** yearly cases in Belgium by 2011 and ************ per year in 2015. As of May 2023, Belgium is one of the only **** European countries where active euthanasia is legal, along with the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, and Portugal. Active euthanasia refers to the intentional ending of a person's suffering. A doctor or a third party will, for example, inject a substance directly, resulting in the patient's death. Active euthanasia is opposed to passive euthanasia, which several European countries allow. Passive or indirect euthanasia occurs when the medical team in charge of the patient decides not to take measures to extend life. Finally, assisted suicide, or medically assisted suicide, refers to the act of suicide with the help of a person who provides a means to do so. The means must, however, be taken by the sick person himself; otherwise, it is active euthanasia. Current legislation on euthanasia in Belgium From 2002 to 2023, the country registered over ****** euthanasia procedures. Legally, a condition for active euthanasia in Belgium is that the illness or injury of a demander must be terminal and that they must be in great physical or mental suffering, with no available treatment to alleviate their distress. The most common illnesses that lead to such a demand are cancers or multiple pathologies. Furthermore, most euthanasia procedures in Belgium took place in the patient’s home in 2023. Belgium and assisted suicide for minors In 2014, the Belgian Senate extended the law on euthanasia to terminally ill children with parental consent. Belgium was then the only European country where euthanasia was open to minors. According to the federal commission in charge of evaluating the practice of euthanasia in the country, one minor had been euthanized in 2023. Most cases, however, occur among the 60 to 89 years old population.

In 2022, there were ***** reported cases of euthanasia in the Netherlands. This is an increase of around ***** of such cases compared to the previous year, and the highest in the recorded time period.

In 2023, around 53 percent of U.S. respondents stated they thought doctor-assisted suicide was morally acceptable, while two percent said it depends on the situation. This statistic shows the moral stance of U.S. adults regarding doctor-assisted suicide from 2001 to 2023.

In 2022, there were ***** reported cases of euthanasia. Of these, ***** were from people between the ages of 70 to 80 years old, while *** of such cases were of people aged 90 years or older. The group with the least of such cases was those aged 30 years or younger with ** reported cases of euthanasia.

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Abstract The objective of this study was to identify the attitude of professionals and academics in a university hospital regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia. The study was conducted using a questionnaire and included 354 participants. In cases of patients with terminal illnesses, 68.1% of participants supported the legalization of assisted suicide and 73.2% supported the legalization of euthanasia. The support for legalization of assisted suicide or euthanasia was 46.9% in cases of patients with progressive neurodegenerative diseases and 30.8% in cases of tetraplegia. In cases of terminal illnesses, if those were legalized, 45% of participants would commit assisted suicide, 57% would request euthanasia, 36.5% would aid in assisted suicide and 39.9% would aid in euthanasia. In conclusion, the great support for legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide among the participants emphasizes the need to broaden the discussion on the subject in the population.

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In 2022, there were 34 declared cases of euthanasia in Luxembourg. This was the highest number of cases since euthanasia was legalized in 2009. Of these, the diagnosis given to the patient was cancer in 22 cases.

Objective: Since euthanasia due to unbearable mental suffering (UMS-euthanasia) is legal in Belgium, nursing students will be confronted with this issue during their future internship, or professional career. Graduated nurses believe to have an important role in the process of euthanasia where good communication skills and sufficient legal knowledge are essential. It is therefore important to explore final-year bachelor nursing students’ view on their future role and skills regarding UMS-euthanasia, and to discover possible education needs. Methods: Mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was used. First, a questionnaire was administered to all Flemish final-year bachelor nursing students. Second, qualitative information was collected by organising focus groups with these students to gain more insights into the quantitative results. Results: The final-year nursing students from the survey (n=249) and from the three focus groups (n=21) see a clear future role for themselves in the decision-making process, as well as in supporting the patient and family before, during, and after UMS-euthanasia, but not in assisting in administering UMS-euthanasia. However, they also indicate they lack knowledge and skills in dealing adequately with UMS-euthanasia. Students who have already done psychiatric internships see less of a preparatory role for themselves (p<.05). Ever involved in euthanasia shows a statistically significant difference in the demand for simulation. Conclusions: Nursing students see an important role for nurses in UMS-euthanasia but feel inadequately prepared to take on this role. A combination of theoretical knowledge, clinical experience, open discussions, reflection, and simulation is an opportunity to prepare nurses for their future role.

Stripped down STATA versions of the data and some syntax for its analysis. The data will be available upon the publication of the manuscript.Almost all health related information and background questions and related identifying information has been removed from the shared data. Prolific IDs have also been removed. Geolocation information was never stored.Potential unreported exploratory variables will still be used for potential future publications and are therefore not published.Variables reported in the manuscript are provided for replicating the analysis.Simplified analysis scripts has been provided, which should correspond with the manuscript with 99% accuracy.The contents of the dependent variables has been listed in the OSF materials and in the appendices of the published manuscriptAny potential errors and mismatch between the information available here and between the online manuscript are due to human error stemming from lack of mental resources, exhaustion, dyslexia or time or some combination of all of these.

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This dissertation explains why some countries have legalized euthanasia while others have not, and why some have opted for more or less permissive regimes. Chapter 1 provides a conceptual and terminological foundation. It clarifies several common terms in the literature on euthanasia and establishes two ideal-types of euthanasia regime, structured around the concept of informed consent: narrow and broad. Next, this dissertation undertakes a qualitative empirical investigation of euthanasia. Chapter 2 describes the euthanasia regimes of thirteen countries, identifies nine negative cases, and demonstrates that society-based variables are insufficient to account for differences in euthanasia policy. Chapter 3 examines the matter from the perspective of institutional variables. Whereas the literature on judicial review and legislated rights expects legislatures to reason about moral matters more soundly than courts, the opposite occurred with respect to euthanasia policy. To explain this discrepancy, this dissertation argues that the party system is an institutional variable with significant effects: legislatures in two-party systems reason more soundly than those in multiparty systems, at least with respect to euthanasia. Moreover, there are institutional features explaining why courts did not behave as poorly as expected. The final two chapters perform a qualitative assessment of court cases. Chapter 4 reviews three legal systems where the courts imposed euthanasia: Canada, Colombia, and Germany. It concludes that this jurisprudence is internally inconsistent (vacillating between the competing principles of autonomy and death as an objective good) and advances an impoverished, radically libertarian understanding of the constitutional principles of dignity and autonomy. Chapter 5 turns to two legal systems where the courts refrained from imposing euthanasia: the United States and European Court of Human Rights. These courts emphasize the historical and institutional reasons favoring judicial restraint, while avoiding substantive moral reasoning on the question of euthanasia. This dissertation contends that this trend is based on a false premise of moral neutrality and is also practically self-defeating, as it allows the judicial proponents of euthanasia to dominate the moral conversation.

In 2022, there were 34 declared cases of euthanasia in Luxembourg. This was the highest number of cases since euthanasia was legalized in 2009.

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The Human Euthanasia Services market encompasses a critical and sensitive sector that provides end-of-life options for individuals experiencing intolerable pain or suffering due to terminal illnesses. This industry aims to offer compassionate solutions, empowering patients and their families to make informed decisio

The market is projected to be valued at $2.5 billion in 2024, driven by factors such as increasing consumer awareness and the rising prevalence of industry-specific trends. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 13%, reaching approximately $8.2 billion by 2034.

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In 2022, there were ***** reported cases of euthanasia where the patient requested the termination of their life. In a further *** cases, someone helped another person with committing suicide.

On this page we offer the translation report of Organic Law 3/2021, of March 24, on the regulation of euthanasia (TMX format).

To understand the molecular mechanisms affected by spaceflight it is essential to achieve high quality sample preservation on-orbit for downstream gene expression analysis. However sample preservation protocols must also be compatible with available equipment and crew time. NASA s Rodent Research (RR) missions have used various methods for euthanasia carcass preservation and tissue preservation. This study extends the sample preservation study performed by GeneLab in GLDS-49 which examined conditions used for the RR-1 mission to include conditions used for multiple RR missions and is designed to help determine factors which may confound data analysis. To determine whether these various factors affect changes in gene expression this ground-based study generated gene expression profiles measured by RNAseq from the livers of 20-21 week-old female C57BL/6J mice. Multiple interacting factors were investigated: 1) To understand how euthanasia protocols affect gene expression when mouse carcasses are slow frozen mice were euthanized by either euthasol injection ketamine/xylazine injection or CO2 inhalation and carcasses slow frozen on dry-ice mimicking carcass preservation in the MELFI on the ISS. Carcasses were thawed and RNA extracted from livers; 2) To understand how carcass preservation protocols affect gene expression mice were euthanized with euthasol and carcasses preserved by flash freezing in liquid nitrogen slow freezing on dry ice or immersion in RNAlater following three-way segmentation. Carcasses were thawed and RNA extracted from livers; 3) To understand how tissue preservation protocols affect gene expression mice were euthanized with euthasol and livers dissected and processed immediately or preserved by flash freezing in liquid nitrogen slow freezing on dry ice or immersion in RNAlater. Liver samples that were processed immediately were homogenized in RLT buffer and then either immediately further processed for RNA extraction or were stored for 70 days at -80C post-homogenization in sample RLT buffer prior to RNA extraction.