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In the Netherlands, people with a wish to die can request 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].
The clients without a (severe) disease are older, more often have no wish to end life, request physician assistance in dying less often, have more problems of old age and existential suffering and more often want to be prepared for self-determination.
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As well, about 6% of patients reported that they would actually request physician-assisted suicide in their present circumstances if it were legally accessible.
Once a family makes such a request, physicians have to communicate with the family, and help the family to submit the request to an ethics committee if appropriate.
In addition to educational campaigns through the media, the government can request physicians to promote smoke-free homes when they deliver prenatal care and well-child care.
Concerning their most recent euthanasia request, physicians were asked to answer questions on patient and request characteristics, consultation with a second physician, activities of the second physician and outcome of the request.
In addition, only 28% of invited patients who requested aid in dying agreed to participate; uncertainty exists about the degree to which our data are generalisable to the entire population of patients who request physicians' aid in dying.
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].
Almost two thirds of the clients had not requested physician assistance in dying.
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