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RELEVANT - NVVE's quarterly 3rd edition published

August 23, 2010: The English summary of the third issue of 2010 RELEVANT can be downloaded in PDF  here.

IN MEMORIAM Adelbert Josephus Jitta

July 6, 2010: On June 30, 2010 Adelbert Josephus Jitta passed away. He died at the age of 71 in dignity, making use of the law of which he may be called one of the founding fathers.

ENGLISH Summary Relevant (Dutch RtD magazine) summer 2010

June 22, 2010: The English summary of the summer edition of NVVE's magazine Relevant can now be see here.

"Completed Life" and the right to choose

February 19, 2010:  A Dutch citizens action group "Out of Free Will" ("Uit Vrije Wil") wants to legalize assisted suicide for all people over 70, who have an "explicit, logical and consistent" desire to end their life. They suggest the task should be carried out by a new kind of specially trained and certified professional.

Dutch documentaries about end-of-life in cases of Alzheimer's, Mental disease and Completed Life

/ February 16, 2010: Within the scope of Dutch RtD Society NVVE's  strategy to broaden the situations in which assistance in dying should be made legally possible, a number of activities have been undertaken: documentaries on Dementia and euthanasia, on psychiatric illness and euthanasia and on "completed life" have been produced and broadcasted on national television. A special week was organised beginning this month to promote a discussion on the completed life issue. For more information

Summary RELEVANT 2010 - 1

  February 15, 2010:  The English summary of RELEVANT 2010-1, the quarterly NVVE, Dutch RtD magazine, has been published and can be read as PDF by clicking here.

RELEVANT 2009-4 - English Summary

December 1, 2009: The quarterly Magazine of the NVVE, Relevant 2009-4, is released.You can read the English Summary by clicking here

Netherlands: even there euthanasia a taboo for mental patients

November 26, 2009: At a symposium, organised by the Dutch RtD Society NVVE on end of life decisions and mental diseases, it was recorded that, although people suffering from an incurable mental disease have the same legal right to euthanasia as a person suffering from physical ailments, such psychiatric patients almost never get it.

Netherlands: suicide medication information for NVVE members on line

November 12, 2009: The Dutch RtD Society NVVE has put information on methods for a humane suicide on a closed webpage on their website. The information is only available for members of NVVE, reason why international publicity made headlines like "Information available for € 17,50".

Dutch documentary on assisted suicide and chronic mental health illness

September 30, 2009: HUMAN Media (the Dutch humanistic broadcast foundation) has recently provided an English subtitled version of the Dutch documentary called "Mag ik dood?" ("Please let me die"), dealing with the problem of the lack of help for people with a chronic mental illness who wish to die. Documentary maker Eveline van Dijck takes you along in her search for answers, after the suicide of her sister Cathma.

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