title: Euthanasia in the Netherlands: 25 years of experience.
abstract: This article gives an impression of the experience with legal euthanasia practices in the Netherlands for approximately 25 years. Some figures are presented about the medical presence at the end of life. Also the legal and moral aspects of euthanasia are addressed. The article starts with a description of the background of the debate on euthanasia and gives some conditions for a really open and serious debate in a society on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Metamedica, Leiden University Medical School, P.O. Box 2087, NL 2301, CB Leiden, The Netherlands. h.m.dupuis@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Heleen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dupuis
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010819:Physician's Role; D012297:Right to Die