Dutch doctor acquitted in dementia euthanasia case

The trial was seen as a test for the legal boundaries
Reuters Health
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A Dutch doctor has been acquitted of all charges for the euthanasia of an elderly patient with dementia.

Judges at the Hague District Court found that the patient had expressly requested euthanasia at an earlier stage in her disease, and the doctor had acted carefully on the basis of her will and in accordance with the law in the case, consulting other doctors and the patient’s family.