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On regulating death.

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PubMed1991

Euthanasia and other medical decisions concerning the end of life.

This article presents the first results of the Dutch nationwide study on euthanasia and other medical decisions concerning the end of life (MDEL). The study was done at the request of the Dutch government in preparation for a discussion about legislation on euthanasia. Three studies were undertaken: detailed interviews with 405 physicians, the mailing of questionnaires to the physicians of a sample of 7000 deceased persons, and the collecting of information about 2250 deaths by a prospective survey among the respondents to the interviews. The alleviation of pain and symptoms with such high dosages of opioids that the patient's life might be shortened was the most important MDEL in 17.5% of all deaths. In another 17.5% a non-treatment decision was the most important MDEL. Euthanasia by administering lethal drugs at the patient's request seems to have been done in 1.8% of all deaths. Since MDEL were taken in 38% of all deaths (and in 54% of all non-acute deaths) we conclude that these decisions are common medical practice and should get more attention in research, teaching, and public debate.

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PubMed1996

Euthanasia in the Netherlands.

A review of two decades of euthanasia advocacy reveals that the arguments in favor of euthanasia are not consistent. Although the Dutch debate on euthanasia started as a protest against contemporary medicine's power over death and dying, the general acceptance of euthanasia and recent litigation may have increased medical power by shifting the balance further in the direction of physicians. This article argues that the anxieties of some of the opponents of a euthanasia bill were justified.

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PubMed1994

Euthanasia: the Dutch experience.

Although rules about euthanasia have been developed in the Netherlands, euthanasia has not been legalized. We review the historical aspects of euthanasia, its definition and why no distinction is now made between active and passive euthanasia in the Netherlands. The guidelines for euthanasia, in use in the Utrecht University Hospital, are presented and the result of some studies on euthanasia is discussed. Non-treatment decisions were taken in 17.5% of all deaths in 1990 but only 1.8% of all deaths were the result of euthanasia. Life-terminating acts without explicit and persistent request of the patients occurred in 0.8% of all deaths. The most common reasons for requests for euthanasia were loss of dignity in 57%, pain in 46%, distressing mode of dying in 46% and being dependent on others in 33%. Of all medical decisions concerning the end of life 79% related to patients older than 65 years. The guidelines for euthanasia developed in the Netherlands support both patient and physician in the request for euthanasia.

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PubMed1992

The medical exception: physicians, euthanasia and the Dutch criminal law.

The legalization of euthanasia, both in the Netherlands and in other countries is usually justified in reference to the right to autonomy of patients. Utilizing recent Dutch jurisprudence, this article intends to show that the judicial proceedings on euthanasia in the Netherlands have not so much enhanced the autonomy of patients, as the autonomy of the medical profession.

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