Professor Jan Remmelink (27 April 1922,

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– 15 May 2003,

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) was

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of the High Council of the

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from 1968 to 1989. In 1979 he became member of the

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. He headed the Dutch government committee on

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that released the first, official study of the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands in 1991. Internationally, this report - ''Medical Decisions About the End of Life'', also called the '' Remmelink Report'' - has led to much discussion.

References

*Medical Decisions About the End of Life, I. Report of the Committee to Study the Medical Practice Concerning Euthanasia. II. The Study for the Committee on Medical Practice Concerning Euthanasia (2 vols.), The Hague, September 19, 1991.

External links

Digest of the Remmelink report
1922 births 2003 deaths People from Bronckhorst 20th-century Dutch lawyers Euthanasia in the Netherlands Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences {{Netherlands-bio-stub