Background Although it is often recommended that general practitioners (GPs) initiate
advance care planning (ACP), little is known about their experiences with ACP. This study …

Background The annual incidence of euthanasia in the Netherlands as a percentage of all
deaths rose from 1.9% in 1990 to 4.4% in 2017. Scarce literature on regional patterns calls …

Worldwide the Netherlands has the broadest experience with organizing voluntary
euthanasia and assisted suicide. Roughly, three phases may be distinguished: in 1968 …

During the past four decades, the Netherlands played a leading role in the debate about
euthanasia and assisted suicide. Despite the claim that other countries would soon follow …

It is often argued that the option of euthanasia will keep patients from attempting suicide.
Although there is some plausibility in this argument (the option of euthanasia may cause …

" When a country legalizes active euthanasia, it puts itself on a slippery slope from where it
may well go further downward." If true, this is a forceful argument in the battle of those who …

In the opinion of many, medical assistance in dying is advocated primarily by secular
thinkers whereas Christians seem to be more skeptical. However, we conclude that Dutch …

In 2002, the Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia and
physician-assisted suicide. What does the Dutch euthanasia practice look like? What are the …

Considerable geographical variation in the uptake of euthanasia has been reported: some
municipalities in the Netherlands have a 25 times higher euthanasia rate than other …

It is crucial for the quality of care of people with mental retardation that care providers
experience their work as meaningful. A complexity, however, is the fact that this care is …