A qualitative focus group study on legal experts’ views regarding euthanasia requests based on an advance euthanasia directive
The Dutch Euthanasia law's due care criteria are open norms -which are open in substance and require further elaboration, mostly determined on a case-by-case basis to the field standards of the profession-, placing the responsibility on physicians to interpret advance euthanasia directives and patient expressions. Despite potential support from various sources of information, there is limited additional legal guidance available to assist physicians in making decisions.
Authors
- Sophie Scholten
- Cees M.P.M. Hertogh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-1245)
- Martin Buijsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-7493)
- Carlo Leget (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-8141)
- Marike E. de Boer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6073-9737)
- B.J.M. Frederiks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-336X)
- Djura O Coers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-0620)
- Eefje M. Sizoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-0652)
Institutions
- University of Humanistic Studies (NL)
- Public Health Service of Amsterdam (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Ethics
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01111-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- ZonMw