Importance The increasing legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
worldwide makes it important to understand related attitudes and practices. Objective To …

Background Family members do not have an official position in the practice of euthanasia
and physician assisted suicide (EAS) in the Netherlands according to statutory regulations …

Background There has been no in-depth research of public attitudes on withholding or
withdrawing life-prolonging treatment, euthanasia, assisted suicide and physician assisted …

Introduction The debate on assisted dying and its components, euthanasia and physician-
assisted suicide has evolved with the emergence of the right to dignity and the wish to …

This article analyses domestic and foreign reactions to a 2008 report in the British Medical
Journal on the complementary and, as argued, synergistic relationship between palliative …

BACKGROUND: Assisted dying (AD) has been legalised by statute or court decisions in at
least 15 jurisdictions internationally. Nonetheless, only three medical professional bodies …

Background Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS) are highly debated upon
particularly in the light of medical advancement and an aging society. Little is known about …

Background In the Netherlands during the past decade, a growing number of people with
dementia requested euthanasia, and each year more of such requests were granted. Aim To …

Voluntary euthanasia and physician assisted suicide has been legally performed in several
countries. However, little is known about how decision-making occurs. We undertook this …

Many books have been published about physician-assisted death. This book offers a
comprehensive and in-depth examination of that subject, but it also extends the discussion …