His books include "The Facts About Cancer" and "A Time to Die, the Place for Physician Assistance".
To examine the ability of a simple system-wide screening assessment tool, an expanded vital sign stamp, to increase rates of smoker identification, physician advice to quit smoking, and physician assistance in quitting and abstinence rates.
Those who support physician assistance in dying — which exists in Oregon, Washington and Montana — argue that the absence of such an option often leads to desperate acts.
In the Netherlands, in 2010 about 13,400 patients explicitly requested physician assistance in dying, and another 33,900 requested physician assistance in dying for at an undetermined future time [ 5].
In the Netherlands, people with a wish to die can request physician assistance in dying.
However, almost two thirds of the explicit requests do not result in physician assistance in dying.
Physician assistance is available to provide guidance as needed by 2-way radio [ 1].
Almost two thirds of the clients had not requested physician assistance in dying.
However, it is known that many patients that request physician assistance in dying do not receive it [ 3, 4].
In the Netherlands, people with a wish to die can request physician assistance in dying under the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Review Procedures Act [ 2].
More than one third of the clients have no wish to end life and almost two thirds of the clients have not requested physician assistance in dying.
