2010-07-01
Autonomy, human dignity, and the right to healthcare: A Dutch perspective
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 19 - Issue 3 p. 321- 328
Dutch medical ethics policy is renowned for being highly liberal, due largely to the Dutch law on euthanasia. The Netherlands is one of the very few countries in which euthanasia performed by physicians and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been legalized. Acts of euthanasia and PAS go unpunished, provided certain conditions are fulfilled. Copyright
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| doi.org/10.1017/S0963180110000095, hdl.handle.net/1765/32855 | |
| Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Buijsen, M. (2010). Autonomy, human dignity, and the right to healthcare: A Dutch perspective. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 19(3), 321–328. doi:10.1017/S0963180110000095 |
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