Background The Netherlands was the first country in the world to implement a Euthanasia
Act in 2002. It is unknown whether legalising euthanasia under strict conditions influences …

Objectives: To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since
implementation of the euthanasia law. Research Design: Analysis of the anonymous …

CONTEXT: Since 2002, the administration of a lethal drug by a physician at the explicit
request of the patient has been legal in Belgium. The incidence of euthanasia in Belgium …

Abstract Background In the Netherlands, euthanasia is allowed if physicians adhere to legal
requirements. Consultation of an independent physician is one of the requirements. SCEN …

Background: In 2002, the Belgian Act on Euthanasia came into effect, regulating the
intentional ending of life by a physician at the patient's explicit request. We undertook this …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence of euthanasia and assisted suicide in family practice
in the Netherlands, the reasons for its practice, and the characteristics of patients and …

The object of this study was to investigate the attitudes of physicians, nurses and the general
public to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) and passive …

OBJECTIVES: To describe and compare current legal procedures for notifying, controlling
and evaluating (NCE-procedures) euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands, and to …

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

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 …