by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Dutch appeals court acquitted a 74-year-old man earlier this month of the murder of his mother in 2008, because he acted in an “emergency situation”: the woman wanted euthanasia and had not obtained it from her family doctor. The decision is a surprising one, even...
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
About one-third of family caregivers admit to abusive behavior toward their family member with dementia, mainly verbal abuse, a new survey suggests. Although levels of physical or frequent abuse were low, those with the most abusive behavior might have been afraid to...