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Netherlands Report 2016 euthanasia in Netherlands

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Since 2006, in the Netherlands, there has been a 317% increase in assisted deaths. There were increases in euthanasia deaths based on dementia or psychiatric reasons. There were 141 people who died by euthanasia based on dementia in 2016, up from 109 in 2015. There were 60 people who died by euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in 2016, up from 56 in 2015. There were also 244 people who died by euthanasia based on "advanced age." In 2016, there were 10 cases referred by a Regional Euthanasia...

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