Media coverage of Belgium’s first criminal case concerning euthanasia for psychiatric patients: A content analysis of Flemish newspapers and magazines
Background Belgium is one of the few countries worldwide where euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder is legally possible. In April 2010 euthanasia was carried out on a 38-year-old Belgian woman with borderline personality disorder and/or autism. After a complaint by the family, three physicians were referred to the Court of Assizes on the charge of “murder by poisoning”. Methods A content analysis of print and online news coverage of the euthanasia case in a selected sample of Flemish newspapers and magazines, published between December 1, 2019 and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Frontiers in Psychiatry ; volume 13 ; ISSN 1664-0640 |
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Frontiers Media SA
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Schlagwörter: | Psychiatry and Mental health |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26700297 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1050086 |