When unbearable suffering incites psychiatric patients to request euthanasia: qualitative study

M Verhofstadt, L Thienpont… - The British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
… and The Netherlands can requests for euthanasia from both … Board to personally contact
(the relatives of) our sample group, … Note that extreme care in the euthanasia decision-making

Empathy and the application of the 'unbearable suffering'criterion in Dutch euthanasia practice

DG van Tol, JAC Rietjens, A van der Heide - Health Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
… To study the above hypothesis, we chose for a qualitative studyrelatives of deceased patients
who had requested for … influence their decision making process when judging if a patient

Recruiting end-of-life cancer patients in the Netherlands for a study on suffering and euthanasia requests

CDM Ruijs, J Goedhart, A Kerkhof… - Family …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
… In the Netherlands, GPs performed euthanasia or physician-… at the outcomes of research in
the Netherlands. EAS is permitted … for treatment, a well-considered voluntary request, having …

[HTML][HTML] Extending'euthanasia to those 'tired of living'in the Netherlands could jeopardize a well-functioning practice of physicians' assessment of a patient's request for …

BW Florijn - Health Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Qualitative research has shown that the essence of the tired … , thereby jeopardizing
autonomous decision making of older … physicians, the general population, and relatives of patients

Euthanasia and advance directives in Huntington's disease: qualitative analysis of interviews with patients

SJ Booij, V Rödig, DP Engberts… - Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Family is important when thinking about the end of life and … with standard qualitative research
techniques, the interviews were … A recent study in The Netherlands amongst Dutch citizens …

How patients and relatives experience a visit from a consulting physician in the euthanasia procedure: a study among relatives and physicians

MC Jansen-van der Weide… - Death studies, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… during the euthanasia procedure in The Netherlands. Data … more aware of the patient's
perspective than physicians are, … of the physician's decision-making than patients whose request

Dutch criteria of due care for physician-assisted dying in medical practice: a physician perspective

HM Buiting, JKM Gevers, JAC Rietjens… - Journal of medical …, 2008 - jme.bmj.com
… in their decision-making related to requests for euthanasia or … Basically, a patient may refuse
treatment or palliative care; … in several discussions with patient, family and other care givers …

Relatives' Experiences of Being Involved in Assisted Dying: A Qualitative Study

C Boven, L Dillen, S Dierickx… - Qualitative Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
relatives’ experiences (1) of being involved in euthanasiaDutch-speaking bereaved relatives
of oncological patients, … , and information enabling informed decision-making. Instrumental …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives of family members on planning end-of-life care for terminally ill and frail older people

IJ Van Eechoud, RD Piers, S Van Camp… - Journal of pain and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… types of decision-making and showed that relatives have varying … We used a qualitative
methodology, with elements of … Despite the fact that only native Dutch speakers in Flanders were …

“It's intense, you know.” Nurses' experiences in caring for patients requesting euthanasia

Y Denier, B Dierckx de Casterlé, N De Bal… - Medicine, Health Care …, 2010 - Springer
… 18 nurses from Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium… Are they being involved in the
decision-making process? Or … position between the hospital/physician and the patient/family. …