(Dutch News) – The federation of doctors KNMG has called the behaviour of 14 prominent psychiatrists who urged the public prosecution office to take action in the case of the euthanasia of a 17-year-old girl “indecent and unacceptable”.
The KNMG, which also arbitrates in matters of ethics, said the psychiatrists were wrong to send a letter in which they called for a criminal investigation into the parents and doctors who treated the girl.
They called on prosecutors to find out “to what extent those close to this vulnerable patient (…) influenced this young patient’s decision to choose euthanasia. CONTINUE