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Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act: evaluation - summary
— [Evaluation report on the "Euthanasia Act" in The Netherlands - Summary in English] | | Corporate Author | Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Netherlands |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, May 2007 |
| Pages | 20 pp |
| Source | Download: http://www.minvws.nl/images/eval-eutha-summary-(v5... Other euthanasia themes: http://www.minvws.nl/en/themes/euthanasia/default.... |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Suicide ; Law ; Evaluation ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | This report is an evaluation of the recent legislation introduced in The Netherlands on euthanasia in 2002, commonly known as the "Euthanasia Act". According to this report, there has been a considerable fall in the number of cases of euthanasia between 2001 and 2005. In 2005 there were more than 2,300 cases of euthanasia and 100 cases of assisted suicide, compared with 3,500 and 300 cases respectively in 2001. Doctors are reporting cases of euthanasia more often, with the proportion of cases reported rising from 54% to 80%. The number of cases of palliative sedation rose from 8,500 to 9,600. The increase in the use of palliative sedation probably explains, in part, the decrease in the number of cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide. One recommendation of the report is that better information should be provided on the possibilities and limitations of euthanasia declarations, as it appears that there are still misunderstandings about this amongst both doctors and the general public. The evaluation of the legislation was performed on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport by researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's medical centre, Erasmus MC, AMC and UMC Utrecht, in collaboration with Statistic Netherlands (CBS). Consult website for latest version of summary report: http://www.minvws.nl/en/themes/euthanasia/default.... (KJ) |
| Accession Number | CPA-070829201 E |
| Classmark | CY: EV: VR: 4C: 76H |
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