Empathy and the application of the ‘unbearable suffering’ criterion in Dutch euthanasia practice

Abstract A pivotal due care criterion for lawful euthanasia in the Netherlands is that doctors must be convinced that a patient requesting for euthanasia, suffers unbearably. Our study aims to find out how doctors judge if a patient suffers unbearably. How do doctors bridge the gap from 3rd person a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health policy (Amsterdam) 2012-05, Vol.105 (2), p.296-302
Hauptverfasser:	van Tol, Donald G, Rietjens, Judith A.C, van der Heide, Agnes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Assessment Bridges Doctors Empathy Euthanasia Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary - legislation & jurisprudence Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary - psychology General practice General practitioners General Practitioners - psychology Health administration Humans Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence Informed Consent - psychology Internal Medicine Interviews as Topic Judges Law Male Medical ethics Middle Aged Netherlands Pain - diagnosis Pain - psychology Patients Physicians Suffering Surveys
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