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A selection of recent reports, figures and research on organ donation after euthanasia.
News & research
A selection of recent reports and research on donation after euthanasia.
- 19 September 2026Reportagede VolkskrantIvo chose death and life: 'Why doesn't everyone know organ donation after euthanasia is possible?'
Ivo chose euthanasia and organ donation. His story shows how donation after euthanasia works in practice — and why so few people know it is possible.
de Volkskrant ↗ - 17 September 2026Newsde VolkskrantNew donor law yields limited number of extra donors
In more than half of the deceased in the 'no objection' category, relatives still do not consent to donation, five years after the new donor law was introduced. Notably, donation after euthanasia did increase, from 11 times in 2020 to 34 times in 2025.
de Volkskrant ↗ - 17 September 2026Interviewde Volkskrant'The donor law has failed. Families feel they can still say: it is not going ahead'
Donation intensivist Jelle Epker (Erasmus MC) discusses why the donor law yields few extra organs in practice and the role relatives play in this.
de Volkskrant ↗ - 21 July 2026NewsMedisch ContactOrgan donation after euthanasia still underused
The number of donations after euthanasia remains small, even though in practice there is room to make this carefully managed process possible more often.
Medisch Contact ↗ - 9 April 2026NewsDutch Transplant Foundation (NTS)Organ donation after euthanasia due to psychiatric suffering is rising
Organ donation after euthanasia occurred 34 times in the Netherlands in 2025. A growing share of these donations follows euthanasia for psychiatric suffering, which is subject to additional due-care requirements.
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