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Sharp rise in euthanasia of psychiatric patients
Last year 42 people with a psychiatric disorder were euthanized in the Netherlands. This is a sharp increase from 14 deaths in 2012 and is in fact more than all euthanasia deaths for psychiatric patients combined since euthanasia was legalised in 2002. According to Edith Schippers, the Minister of Health, the increase of deaths is [...]