Requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide of people without (severe) illness

Vera E van den Berg, Margot L Zomers, Ghislaine JMW van Thiel, Carlo JW Leget, Johannes JM van Delden and Els J van Wijngaarden

Health Policy, 2022, vol. 126, issue 8, 824-830

Abstract: Some people request euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS) even though they are not (severely) ill. In the Netherlands the presence of sufficient medical ground for the suffering is a strict prerequisite for EAS. The desirability of this ‘medical ground’-boundary is currently questioned. Legislation has been proposed to facilitate EAS for older persons with “completed life” or “tiredness of life” in the absence of (severe) illness.

Keywords: Euthanasia requests; Assisted suicide; The Netherlands; Older people; Suffering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.06.004

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