The first five years of euthanasia legislation in Belgium and the Netherlands: Description and comparison of cases
The first five years of euthanasia legislation in Belgium and the Netherlands: Description and comparison of cases
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DOI：
10.1177/0269216311413836
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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4.4
通讯作者：
Deliens, Luc
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作者：
Rurup, Mette L.;Smets, Tinne;Deliens, Luc
背景资料：荷兰和比利时合法化安乐死在2002.Aim：在这项研究中，我们描述和比较的情况下，报告安乐死和医生协助的自杀在第一个5年的legislation.Design/Setting/participants：数据库中的情况下，报告在比利时和荷兰的审查委员会。我们比较了2002年9月至2007年12月报告的所有病例的特征。结果：荷兰报告了10,319例，比利时报告了1917例。两个国家的性别和年龄分布相似。大多数患者患有癌症（83-87%），但比利时患者更常患有神经系统疾病（8.3%对3.9%）。在荷兰，报告的安乐死更经常发生在家里（81%对42%），而比利时更经常发生在医院（52%对9%）。在荷兰，所有案件都是根据有能力的病人的口头请求。在比利时，2.1%的报告的情况下，是基于一个预先的direction.Conclusions：我们的结论是，国家辩论立法必须认识到，安乐死的规则和程序，他们会同意和他们的方式被编入或不成为法律可能会影响的做法，一旦立法的影响或该做法的一部分，报告。
Background: The Netherlands and Belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002.Aim: In this study we describe and compare cases of reported euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the first 5 years of legislation.Design/Setting/participants: The databases of the cases reported in Belgium and the Netherlands were made available by the review committees. We compared characteristics of all cases reported between September 2002-December 2007.Results: In the Netherlands 10,319 cases were reported, in Belgium 1917. Gender and age distributions were similar in both countries. Most patients suffered from cancer (83-87%), but patients more often suffered from diseases of the nervous system in Belgium (8.3% vs. 3.9%). In the Netherlands, reported euthanasia more often occurred at home compared with Belgium (81% vs. 42%), where it occurred more often in hospital (52% vs. 9%). In the Netherlands, all cases were based on the oral request of a competent patient. In Belgium, 2.1% of the reported cases was based on an advance directive.Conclusions: We conclude that countries debating legislation must realise that the rules and procedures for euthanasia they would agree upon and the way they are codified or not into law may influence the practice that develops once the legislation is effected or what part of that practice is reported.