Background: Caring for terminally ill patients is a meaningful task, however the patient's
suffering can be a considerable burden and cause of frustration. Objectives: The aim of this …

Introduction: In The Netherlands, physicians have to be convinced that the patient suffers
unbearably and hopelessly before granting a request for euthanasia. The extent to which …

Abstract Background In the Netherlands, euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS) is neither a
right of the patient nor a duty of the physician. Beside the legal requirements, physicians can …

Background Physicians who receive a request for euthanasia or assisted suicide may
experience a conflict of duties: the duty to preserve life on the one hand and the duty to …

OBJECTIVE: Public opinion and professional organisations dominate the euthanasia
debate, and there is a need to understand the opinions of people confronted with …

Euthanasia has been tolerated and practiced in The Netherlands for many decades. In
November 2000 The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize and …

CONTEXT: In many countries, physicians are confronted with requests for euthanasia.
Notwithstanding that euthanasia is legally permitted in Belgium, it remains the subject of …

Background In 2002, Belgium set a legal framework for euthanasia, whereby granting and
performing euthanasia is entrusted entirely to physicians, and—as advised by Belgian …

Background An important principle underlying the Dutch Euthanasia Act is physicians'
responsibility to alleviate patients' suffering. The Dutch Act states that euthanasia and …

The majority of Dutch physicians feel pressure when dealing with a request for euthanasia
or physician-assisted suicide (EAS). This study aimed to explore the content of this pressure …