Media coverage of Belgium’s first criminal case concerning euthanasia for psychiatric patients

A content analysis of Flemish newspapers and magazines

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ID15518360
AutoresMarc De Hert (0000-0003-4255-5920, KU Leuven, autor correspondente), Erik Thys, Kirsten Catthoor (0000-0002-8738-8364, University of Antwerp), Kris Van Den Broeck (0000-0002-5566-6868, University of Antwerp), Frieda Matthys (0000-0002-0900-1478), Kristof Vansteelandt (0000-0002-2562-0447, KU Leuven), Johan Detraux (0000-0002-6363-3767, KU Leuven)
Ano2023
Volume13
Páginas1050086-1050086
Data de publicação2023-01-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditoraFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1050086
PMID36684025
OpenAlexW4313470750
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas38

Although major Flemish newspapers and magazines generally were neutral in their coverage of the judicial case, major points of contention discussed were: the need for an evaluation and possible amendments to the existing Euthanasia Law, including a revision of the Belgian Control Commission and the system of penalties for physicians, and the absence of any consensus or guidance on how to define psychological suffering

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