Norman
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Bad news for Biden if more countries adopt this standard.
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The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Tuesday, April 21, that it is lawful for doctors to euthanize patients with severe dementia.... Lower courts had previously ruled that a doctor had not acted improperly when he euthanized a 74-year-old woman with advanced dementia, even though the woman had to be repeatedly sedated and physically restrained during the procedure.
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Dutch Supreme Court rules doctors can euthanize dementia patients
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Tuesday that doctors may euthanize patients with severe dementia, provided that the patient had expressed a desire to be euthanized while still legally capable of doing so.
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