Dutch euthanasia rules changed after acquittal in sedative case
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5AMWW)
Doctors allowed to put sedative in patient's food or drink if they might become agitated
Doctors euthanising a patient with severe dementia may slip a sedative into their food or drink if there are concerns they will become disturbed, agitated or aggressive", under a change to the codes of practice in the Netherlands.
The review committee for cases of euthanasia refreshed its guidance in response to the case of a former nursing home doctor, Marinou Arends, who was prosecuted for murder and cleared after putting a sedative in her 74-year-old patient's coffee before giving a lethal injection.
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