Belgian euthanasia doctor killed 140 people

Belgian euthanasia doctor killed 140 people

In an interview with Ian Birrell for the Daily Mail, Marc van Hoey, a Belgian physician and President of a Flanders euthanasia group, speaks about the estimated, 140 euthanasia deaths that he has done. In the interview van Hoey speaks of an elderly patient, a friend with pancreatic cancer, an elderly mother of a fellow doctor who had dementia and a 34 year-old woman with chronic depression who all died by euthanasia.

The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide

How nurses can deal with this controversial issue

According to the American Medical Association, physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is defined as "a physician facilitat[ing] a patient's death by providing the necessary means and/or information to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act." A variety of terms have historically been used to describe an event when a physician uses lethal medications on a terminally ill patient for the purpose of easing their suffering.

Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions

Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical

This story is part of an investigative series by MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel into physicians who had public actions against their licenses in one state, yet found ways to keep practicing without their patients being aware.

State Boards Turn Blind Eye to FDA-Sanctioned Docs

Dozens got warning letters for serious ethical lapses, but nearly all faced no state discipline

States of Disgrace: A Flawed System Fails to Inform the Public

Yearlong investigation identifies 500 doctors who elude consequences

Every physician has heard the horror stories.

Stories about doctors who sexually harass patients, bungle surgeries, or ignore complications in patients who then die. And what's more, they can get away with it by taking advantage of lags and gaps in the medical licensing system. By hopping state lines, or having a fistful of licenses issued by different states, they can continue to practice wherever the grass is greenest.

Tennessee nurse pleads guilty in $65.7M telemedicine fraud scheme

A nurse practitioner pleaded guilty Nov. 27 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $65.7 million scheme that involved prescribing expensive compounded medications to Tricare beneficiaries, according to the Department of Justice.

As part of her guilty plea, Candace Craven, NP, admitted she conducted sham telemedicine evaluations that resulted in the prescription of the compounded medications to patients she never examined in person.

Euthanasia debate: Is there dignity in death, or does palliative care kill?

As debate rages about whether euthanasia should be legalised, a palliative care expert is urging MPs to spare a thought for doctors who would have to carry out the act.

For Dr Ian Gwynne-Robson, medical director of Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt, the idea of having to kill someone flies in the face of the medical commandment "first, do no harm". That's why, since the End of Life Choice Bill was introduced, he has been a vocal opponent.

He says he is acting as a voice of the patients whom the legislation is most likely to affect.