World Medical Association isolates Netherlands on euthanasia

A World Medical Association resolution condemning euthanasia as “unethical” and urging all doctors and medical associations to refrain from the practice has prompted the Royal Dutch Medical Association to call for an “honest debate on rational grounds.”

The resolution, which is set to be adopted by next week's annual assembly in Washington, DC, highlights the Netherlands as the only country where national laws have been passed decriminalising mercy …