Euthanasia and Other End-of-Life Decisions in the Netherlands in 1990, 1995, and 2001
Creator
Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
van der Heide, Agnes
Koper, Dirk
Keij-Deerenberg, Ingeborg
Rietjens, Judith A.C.
Rurup, Mette L.
Vrakking, Astrid M.
Georges, Jean Jacques
Muller, Martien T.
van der Wal, Gerrit
van der Maas, Paul J.
Bibliographic Citation
Lancet 2003 August 2; 362(9381): 395-399
Abstract
Empirical data on the rate of euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and other end-of-life decisions have greatly contributed to the debate about the role of such practices in modern health care. In the Netherlands, the continuing debate about whether and when physician-assisted dying is acceptable seems to be resulting in a gradual stabilisation of end-of-life practices. We replicated interview and death-certificate studies done in 1990 and 1995 to investigate whether end-of-life practices had altered between 1995 and 2001. Since 1995, the demand for physician-assisted death has not risen among patients and physicians, who seem to have become somewhat more reluctant in their attitude towards this practice.
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