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Consultation and Discussion with Other Physicians in Cases of Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Refused by Family Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2000

BREGJE D. ONWUTEAKA-PHILIPSEN ,
GERRIT VAN DER WAL  and
LODE WIGERSMA
BREGJE D. ONWUTEAKA-PHILIPSEN
Affiliation:
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam
GERRIT VAN DER WAL
Affiliation:
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam
LODE WIGERSMA
Affiliation:
Institute for Vocational Training of Family Physicians, University of Amsterdam
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Abstract

In the Netherlands, in 1995 approximately 9700 people explicitly requested euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS), and EAS was performed approximately 3600 times (2.7% of all deaths). The most important reasons for not performing EAS when requested by a patient were that the patient died before EAS was performed, or that the physician refused the request.

Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 381 - 390
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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