Citation

Thynne K. J. Law Med. 2002; 10(2): 232-238.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Thompson - LBC Information Services)

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Abstract

Euthanasia has been decriminalised in The Netherlands for the last 30 years, but it was only in April 2001 that the Dutch Parliament legalised voluntary physician-assisted suicide. The legislation incorporates developments in case law, including scope for peer review, and provides common ethical principles for a clear system of control over doctors' actions in regard to patients who request euthanasia. The legalised regulatory system may prove more effective in controlling voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia in The Netherlands than in countries where euthanasia remains illegal.

Language: en

Keywords

article; assisted suicide; attitude to death; Attitude to Death; Death and Euthanasia; ethics; euthanasia; Euthanasia; government regulation; Government Regulation; human; Humans; Legal Approach; legal aspect; Netherlands; physician; physician attitude; Physician's Role; Physicians; right to die; Right to Die; Suicide, Assisted