Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1953; Volume 9, Number 5, Year 1953, Introduction: The Scope of the Deliberations at the Second Session of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Plague Held at the Haffkine Institute, Bombay, in December 195

By V. B. Link

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1953; Volume 9, Number 5, Year 1953, Introduction: The Scope of the Deliberations at the Second Session of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Plague Held at the Haffkine Institute, Bombay, in December 195
Author:	V. B. Link
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Last month, the Netherlands became the first country to decriminalize voluntary euthanasia. Under new legislation a doctor will not be prosecuted for terminating a person’s life providing he or she is convinced that the patient’s request is voluntary and well considered and that the patient is facing ‘‘unremitting and unbearable’’ suffering. The doctor must have advised the patient of his or her clinical condition and have reached a firm conclusion with the patient that there is ‘‘no reasonable alternative’’. In addition, at least one other independent physician must have examined the patient and reached the same conclusion.

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