{"id":7667,"date":"2017-10-28T14:45:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T21:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7667"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:28:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:28:30","slug":"what-could-help-me-to-die-doctors-clash-over-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7667","title":{"rendered":"What could help me to die? Doctors clash over euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Associated Press<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Maria Cheng<\/p>\n<p>GHENT, Belgium (AP) \u2014 After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her.<\/p>\n<p>Her sister worried that her judgment was compromised. The 59-year-old was taking more than 20 pills every day, including antidepressants, an opioid, a tranquilizer, and two medicines often used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n<p>About a year later, on October 7, 2014, her doctor administered a lethal dose of drugs. It was all legal procedure in Belgium, which has among the world\u2019s most permissive euthanasia laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it was Cornelia\u2019s wish, but I said to the psychiatrist that it was a shame that someone in treatment for years could just be brought to the other side with a simple injection,\u201d said her sister, Adriana Geerts. . . .[<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/4b6877fab2e849269c659a5854867a7b\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press Maria Cheng GHENT, Belgium (AP) \u2014 After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. 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