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eMJA: Onwuteaka-Philipsen et al, Consultants in cases of intended euthanasia or assisted suicide in the Netherlands Consultants in cases of intended euthanasia or assisted suicide in the Netherlands Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Gerrit van der Wal, Piet J Kostense and Paul J van der Maas MJA 1999; 170: 360-363. Objective: To investigate how often physicians act as a consultant in the review of intended euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS), by whom physicians are asked to act as a consultant, and the consultant's reasons for not agreeing with the intended performance of EAS. Design: A retrospective descriptive study. Setting: The Netherlands. Participants: A stratified random sample of 405 Dutch physicians. Main outcome measures: Number of times the physician has been a consultant; how often a physician had previously been asked to be a consultant by the same treating physician; why consultants advised against EAS. Results: 42% of interviewed physicians had acted as a consultant for EAS and 11% had been a consultant more than three times. Half the physicians who acted as a consultant more than once were invited to do so by the same attending physician, and 41% of consultants had previously consulted the attending physician. The main reasons consultants advised against EAS were because treatment options were still available, the patient's request was not well-considered or persistent, and the patient's suffering was not unbearable and hopeless. Conclusions: Many physicians have at some time been a consultant in a case of intended EAS, but only very few have been able to gain experience in consultancy. Full Article: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/apr19/onwuteaka/onwuteaka.html |
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