Ethics-Governance: Article: EMPIRICAL DATA ON EUTHANASIA AND OTHER END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS

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EMPIRICAL DATA ON EUTHANASIA AND OTHER END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS EMPIRICAL DATA ON EUTHANASIA AND OTHER END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS Dr Paulina Taboada Profesor Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Alameda 340 Correo Central 1 Santiago, Chile The Lancet published recently the results of a survey studying the rate of euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and other end-of-life decisions in The Netherlands in 2001 (Onwuteaka-Phillipsen, B. et al.: Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions in the Netherlands in 1990, 1995, and 2001, The Lancet, published online June 17, 2003: http://www.thelancet.com). Perhaps one of the main interests of this article is the fact that the authors replicated the interviews and death-certificate studies they had already done in 1990 and 1995. Full Article: http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/monthlypiece/eithics2003/pom_july03.htm


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