End-of-Life decisions in the Netherlands over 25 years

To the Editor:
In the Netherlands, the much debated practice of physician assistance in dying has been legally regulated since 2002. Such assistance may include physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia, in which a physician administers lethal medication at the explicit request of a patient. Both types of assistance are allowed only for patients who are “suffering unbearably” without any prospect of relief. [...]