Controversial Belgian Psychiatrist, Dr Lieve Thienpont, was one of three international keynote speakers at Exit’s 20th anniversary conference at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne on 22 September.<\/p>\n
A graduate of the University of Ghent, since 2011 Dr Thienpont has been a founding member of the Life Ending Information Forum at the Free University of Brussel.<\/p>\n
Dr Thienpont has focused her work on researching and publishing in the area of euthanasia decisions for those with psychic (existential) suffering.<\/p>\n
Dr Thienpont came to prominence in the English speaking world after her 2015 retrospective and descriptive study of 100 euthanasia requests by the mentally ill as performed under Belgium\u2019s euthanasia law.<\/p>\n
This controversial paper was recently published in the British Medical Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2015, Dr Thienpont was the leading psychiatrist in the assessment of 24 year old ‘Emily’. Emily was approved for euthanasia in Belgium in late 2015.<\/p>\n The Economist-produced film, 24 & ready to Die<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, is available for viewing on Youtube<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Her new book Libera Me<\/strong><\/em> was published in Dutch in 2015 and in English and French in 2016.<\/p>\n At the Melbourne Conference, Dr Thienpont examined how the non-terminally ill elderly, including those who are tired of life, are accommodated under Belgium\u2019s euthanasia laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Controversial Belgian Psychiatrist, Dr Lieve Thienpont, was one of three international keynote speakers at Exit’s 20th anniversary conference at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne on 22 September. A graduate of the University of Ghent, since 2011 Dr Thienpont has been a founding member of the Life Ending Information Forum at the Free University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n