Dutch ruffled by kidney hoax
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A reality TV show promising a donated kidney as a prize turns out to be a hoax, but ruffles plenty of feathers.
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A Dutch TV station's plan to air a reality show during which a dying woman will choose a recipient for her kidneys has triggered condemnation in Europe.
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A Dutch reality show in which a supposedly dying woman had to pick one of three contestants to receive her kidneys was revealed as a hoax on Friday.
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In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient.   A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain.
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A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday. Presenters said they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.
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Forensic experts examine the body of Theo van Gogh at the scene of his murder in Amsterdam, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who received death threats after making a movie criticizing the
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While the rest of the world remains fixated on the US elections, the Dutch were plunged into a drama of their own on Tuesday with what appeared to be the second politically-related murder to hit the Netherlands in two years.
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When Dr. Robert Wachter&#39;s wife underwent surgery in October to donate a kidney to a friend, her chief anxiety, he said, was &quot;the possibility that she might be killed by a medical mistake.
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It seems even a crusty old newshound like me can get burned. My item last week about a couple naming their baby âYahooâ turns out to be a hoax cooked up by a (now-unemployed) Romanian tabloid reporter. Reporters making things up just for a laugh? I am shocked, simply shocked.Â
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Scientist claims he was duped into film appearance.
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The European Union's health chief proposed an EU-wide organ donor card on Wednesday and criticized a Dutch reality TV show in which a dying woman will choose a recipient for her kidneys.
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Politicians, historians and the media are struggling to address the issue following her nomination for a television vote next month to decide the greatest Dutch person of all time.
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In a new Dutch program, three desperately ill candidates will compete for a single donor kidney. Lifesaving reality, or a new low for reality TV?
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Shocked but not surprised seems to sum up Indian reaction to a transplant ring harvesting kidneys from laborers
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A Dutch reality television show in which a terminally ill woman is to select one of three contestants to receive her kidneys when she dies is to air this week despite criticism that it pushes the boundaries of the format too far.
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A yawning religious and racial chasm has opened in the Netherlands in the two weeks since a Muslim apparently killed a secular Dutch filmmaker.
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A Dutch reality television show in which a supposedly dying woman had to decide one of three contestants to whom she would donate a kidney was a hoax, the program makers said on Friday.