Physician-Assisted Death in Psychiatric Practice in the Netherlands
- 19 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (25) , 1795-1801
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199706193362506
Abstract
In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness. We studied physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands.Keywords
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