scholarly journals Physician-assisted dying outlaws: self-appointed death in the Netherlands

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Ost
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying

scholarly journals Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in "vulnerable" groups

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P Battin ◽  
A. van der Heide ◽  
L. Ganzini ◽  
G. van der Wal ◽  
B. D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals A Study of the First Year of the End-of-Life Clinic for Physician-Assisted Dying in the Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 175 (10) ◽  
pp. 1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne C. Snijdewind ◽  
Dick L. Willems ◽  
Luc Deliens ◽  
Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen ◽  
Kenneth Chambaere
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
First Year ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying

scholarly journals “If Only I Could Start All over…” A Case Study of Spiritual Care Provision to a Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder Requesting Physician-Assisted Dying in The Netherlands

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 672
Author(s):  
Carmen Schuhmann ◽  
Marianne C. Snijdewind ◽  
Lisa van Duijvenbooden ◽  
Geert E. Smid
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Case Description ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying

In a growing number of countries, legislation permits physicians—under strict conditions—to grant a request for physician-assisted dying (PAD). Legally allowing for the possibility of granting such a request is in accordance with central humanistic values such as respect for autonomy and self-determination. The Netherlands is one of few countries where severe suffering from a psychiatric illness qualifies as a ground for a request for PAD. Central in this article is a case description of spiritual care provision in the Netherlands by a humanist healthcare chaplain to a patient requesting PAD because of psychiatric suffering. We discuss what we may learn from the case description about how spiritual caregivers may support patients who express a wish to die, and about their contribution to the care for patients with a psychiatric disorder who request PAD.

Old problems in need of new (narrative) approaches? A young physician–bioethicist’s search for ethical guidance in the practice of physician-assisted dying in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
pp. medethics-2019-106016
Author(s):  
Bernadette Roest
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Narrative Approaches ◽  
Ethical Guidance ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying ◽  
Challenging Question ◽  
Empirical Turn

The current empirical research and normative arguments on physician-assisted dying (PAD) in the Netherlands seem insufficient to provide ethical guidance to general practitioners in the practice of PAD, due to a gap between the evidence and arguments on the one hand and the uncertainties and complexities as found in everyday practice on the other. This paper addresses the problems of current ethical arguments and empirical research and how both seem to be profoundly influenced by the Dutch legislative framework on PAD and a certain view on ethics. Furthermore, the paper elaborates on how other approaches to empirical research in bioethics, such as found in the broad field of narrative research, could supplement the empirical and ethical evaluation of PAD in the Netherlands. This paper also addresses the challenging question of how empirical data—in this case narratives—relate to normativity. The paper is written in the form of a personal narrative of the author, a young Dutch general practitioner and researcher in bioethics. This style is intentionally chosen, to illustrate how work context and professional background influence the observations one makes and the questions one may ask about the topic of PAD. In addition, by using this style, this paper not only gives a different perspective on a much-contested bioethical issue, but also on the challenges faced when a physician–bioethicist has to navigate different disciplinary fields and (moral) epistemological paradigms, especially since the ‘empirical turn’ in bioethics.

Regulating physician-assisted dying for minors in the Netherlands: views of paediatricians and other physicians

2007 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid M. Vrakking ◽  
Agnes van der Heide ◽  
Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen ◽  
Paul J. van der Maas ◽  
Gerrit van der Wal
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying

Developments in the practice of physician-assisted dying: perceptions of physicians who had experience with complex cases

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne C Snijdewind ◽  
Donald G van Tol ◽  
Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen ◽  
Dick L Willems
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Complex Case ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Physician Assisted Dying ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

BackgroundSince the enactment of the euthanasia law in the Netherlands, there has been a lively public debate on assisted dying that may influence the way patients talk about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) with their physicians and the way physicians experience the practice of EAS.AimTo show what developments physicians see in practice and how they perceive the influence of the public debate on the practice of EAS.MethodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of in-depth interviews with 28 Dutch physicians who had experience with a complex case of EAS. Respondents were recruited both by the network of physicians working for SCEN (Support and Consultation for Euthanasia in the Netherlands) as well as via a national questionnaire, wherein participating physicians could indicate their willingness to be interviewed.ResultsThree themes came up in analysing the interviews. First, the interviewed physicians experienced a change in what (family of) patients would expect from them: from a role as an involved caregiver to being the mere performer of EAS. Second, interviewees said that requests for EAS based on non-medical reasons came up more frequently and wondered if EAS was the right solution for these requests. Last, respondents had the impression that the standards of EAS are shifting and that the boundaries of the EAS regulation were stretched.ConclusionsThe perceived developments could make physicians less willing to consider a request for EAS. Our results also raise questions about the role of physicians and of EAS in society.

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