ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Physician Assisted Death for Psychiatric Suffering: Experiences in the Netherlands.
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- Care considerations in medical assistance in dying for persons with mental illness as the sole underlying medical condition: a qualitative study of patient and family perspectives.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Dutch practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders: a qualitative case review study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Exploring the interplay of clinical, ethical and societal dynamics: two decades of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) on psychiatric grounds in the Netherlands and Belgium.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Assessing and managing patients with borderline personality disorder requesting medical assistance in dying.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Case report: Organ donation after euthanasia for psychiatric suffering: some of the practical and ethical lessons Martijn taught us.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Walking Alongside: Views of Family Members on Medical Assistance in Dying for Mental Illness as the Sole Underlying Medical Condition.Qualitative health research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Physician assisted death (PAD) for patients with a psychiatric disorder is a controversial topic of increasing relevance, since a growing number of countries are allowing it. General requirements for PAD include that patients possess decision-making capacity to decide on PAD and that their suffering is unbearable and irremediable. In the Netherlands PAD has been eligible for patients with psychiatric disorders since the 1990s, making it one of the few countries that can offer insights on the practice from real life experience. Much of the literature describing these experiences is only available in Dutch. This article aims to make this knowledge more widely available and provide a comprehensive overview of the experience with PAD for psychiatric suffering in the Netherlands. First, the history of PAD for patients suffering from a psychiatric disorder is described. Second, an overview of relevant rules and regulations governing the practice is given. Third, an overview is provided of the scarce epidemiological data. Finally, we will discuss two major clinical challenges; establishing irremediability and decision-making capacity.
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