Belgian nurses are involved with euthanasia without consent

A study published in the May 17 Journal of the Canadian Medical Association says nearly half of the euthanasia deaths in Belgium that directly involve nurses are done without the consent of the patient. Nurses participated in 248 euthanasia deaths in 2007 with 120 of those euthanasia deaths being done without the explicit request or consent of the patient. Further to that, nurses participated in 12% of the total euthanasia deaths that were done with the consent of the patient and 45% of the total euthanasia deaths that were done without the request or consent of the patient. Euthanasia Prevention Coalition