Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Dutch Courts
Abstract
Over the last two decades, Dutch courts have left room for euthanasia (i.e., the deliberate termination of the life of a person on his request by another person). Although a crime under the Penal Code, euthanasia will usually not result in prosecution and conviction if it is committed by a physician according to rules of careful medical practice (including consultation of another physician); if the patient's request is voluntary, well-considered, and enduring; and if there is unacceptable and hopeless suffering and there are no other solutions to the patient's situation.
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Legislation on euthanasia: recent developments in The Netherlands.
Gevers, J. K. M. (1992) · Journal of Medical Ethics · doi:10.1136/jme.18.3.138 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Self-citationEuthanasia in the Netherlands: The state of the legal debate
Dillmann, R. J., & Legemaate, J. (1994) · European Journal of Health Law · doi:10.1163/157180994x00402 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
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Physician-Assisted Suicide in Psychiatry: Developments in the Netherlands
Legemaate, J., & Gevers, J. K. M. (1997) · Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics · doi:10.1017/s0963180100007799 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Self-citationMedical assistance in dying for people living with mental disorders: a qualitative thematic review
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“Helping people live with their mental disorders should precede MAiD-MD [66].”
Background
- Authors
- Gevers, J. K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Gevers, J.K.M.
- Venue
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1996
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 93-99
- ISSN
- 0963-1801 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-2147
- OpenAlex
- W2106889929
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Keywords
- physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, Dutch courts, criminal law, medical ethics, patient autonomy, medical consultation, criminal prosecution, end-of-life care
- MeSH terms
- Adjustment Disorders, Adult, Mental Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Stress, Psychological, Mental Competency, Suicide, Assisted, Personal Autonomy, Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary, Judicial Role, Supreme Court Decisions
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