Could the COVID-19 pandemic change our vision of the care for the dying or for people at the end of their life? The COVID-19 crisis has sparked...
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Dutch Court Approves Euthanasia for People with Dementia
On April 23, the Dutch Supreme Court rendered a decision on the value of advance directives written by people with dementia by ruling that...
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Controversial French Decree for Drug-induced Abortions at Home during COVID-19 Crisis
A new French decree which became effective on April 14, 2020 extends deadlines for having drug-induced abortions at home from 5 to 7 weeks of...
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French President summons to allow end-of-life visits during Covid-19 confinement
In his TV address of Monday April 13, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the COVID-19 confinement would be extended until May 11....
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New York Legalizes Commercial Surrogacy amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
On April 3rd, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and behind closed doors in the Capitol, the state of New York voted to legalize commercial...
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Coronavirus: Rivotril® and Biomedical Ethics
On March 29th, the French Journal Officiel published a decree authorizing “off-label” prescriptions of Rivotril® until April 15, 2020, that is,...
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