The Dutch Experience.

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  • Author(s): Hendin, Herbert
  • Source:
    Issues in Law & Medicine. Spring2002, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p223. 24p. 1 Chart.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      EUTHANASIA laws; PATIENTS; MORTALITY
    • Subject Terms:
      NETHERLANDS
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the cultural and historical factors contributing to the legal sanction on the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands. Violation of guidelines for the regulation of euthanasia; Concern over patients put to death without patient consent; Intention of applying euthanasia to physical and mental distress of serious and terminal illness.