Euthanasia and organ donation in Belgium

July 14, 2011 | by Derek Miedema , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Smets, T., Bilsen, J., Cohen, J., Rurup, M.L., Mortier, F., Deliens, L. (2010). Reporting of euthanasia in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: cross sectional analysis of reported and unreported cases. BMJ 2010; 341:c574. Retrieved July 7, 2011 from http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c5174.full.pdf
  2. Inghelbrecht, E., Bilsen, J., Mortier, F., Deliens, L. (2010). The role of nurses in physician-assisted deaths in Belgium. CMAJ, No. 185, pp. 905-910. Retrieved July 7, 2011 from http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/05/17/cmaj.091881.full.pdf+html
  3. Wilkinson, D. and Savulescu, J. (2010). Should we allow organ donation euthanasia? Alternatives for maximimzing the number and quality of organs for transplantation. Bioethics, Iss. 25, p. 4. Retrieved July 6, 2011 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01811.x/pdf
  4. Van Raemdonck, D., Verleden, G.M., Dupont, L., Ysebaert, D., Monbaliu, D., Neyrinck, A., Coosemans, W., Decaluwe, H., De Leyn, P., Nafteux, P., Lerut, T. (2011). Initial experience with transplantation of lungs recovered from donors after euthanasia. Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology. No. 15, pp. 33-48. Retrieved July 5, 2011 from http://www.applied-cardiopulmonary-pathophysiology.com/fileadmin/downloads/acp-2011-1_20110329/05_vanraemdonck.pdf
  5. Ibid., p. 44.
  6. Ibid.