The Belgian Act on Euthanasia of May, 28th 2002
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Belgian guidelines require only 1 month as a safeguard for all applicants.
“For example, with regards to waiting periods, Belgian guidelines require only 1 month as a safeguard for all applicants.7 8”
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- Venue
- Ethical Perspectives
- Publisher
- Peeters Publishers
- Published
- 2002-04-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 182-188
- ISSN
- 1370-0049 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4244494069
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ethical Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Keywords
- euthanasia, Belgian euthanasia law, assisted suicide, euthanasia legislation, end-of-life ethics
- MeSH terms
- Belgium, Humans, Patients, Physicians, Right to Die, Advance Directives, Suicide, Assisted, Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
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