Belgium: We're Not Killing Enough People

This is what happens when you let the culture of death become standard medical practice – doctors want to do it more and more, and are disappointed when they’re only killing a few.

We have to try harder, say Belgian euthanasia doctors. We’re only #2

Remember the Avis Rent-a-Car commercials from the 1960s? Maybe not. Anyhow, they tripled the company’s market share with the slogan, “Avis Is Only No. 2, We Try Harder.” The Belgian right-to-die lobby seems to have the same can-do attitude. In the journal Health Policy, researchers associated with the End-of-Life Care Research Group at Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels have lamented the low take-up of the services of doctors specializing in facilitating euthanasia. more