Over Half of Euthanasia Patients in Holland Clinically Depressed

By papijoe on January 17, 2006 7:07 AM | No Comments

A study published by Dutch researchers in the September 20, 2005 edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) has shown that at least 50% of patients killed under the Dutch euthanasia programme were suffering from depression. In addition, 44% of those suffering from cancer showed clinical signs of depression when they asked for euthanasia.

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