The Policy and Practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Table of Content

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part A: Background

1. The Two Research Reports of 1990 and 1995 and Their Interpretations

2. The Practice of Euthanasia and the Legal Framework

Part B: Fieldwork

3. The Methodology

Phase I: The Interviews

4. Why the Netherlands?

5. Views on the Dutch Practice of Euthanasia

6. Worrisome Data

7. The Remmelink Contention and the British Criticism

8. Should Physicians Suggest Euthanasia to Their Patients?

9. Breaches of the Guidelines

10. On Palliative Care and the Dutch Culture

11. On Legislation and the Chabot Case

Phase II: Interviewees’ General Comments

Conclusion and Suggestions for Improvement

Appendix

Index