Psychiatric euthanasia and suicide prevention: a clinical-ethical study. KU Leuven
Belgium and the Netherlands are among the few countries in the world that permit euthanasia and assisted suicide based on a psychiatric disorder (psychiatric EAS). Emerging evidence about the practice points to important ethical and clinical questions, such as how to assess unbearable suffering or ‘irremediability’ in a person with a psychiatric disorder. But a salient issue remains underexplored, namely the tension between allowing ...