Clinical Ethics Committee Case 14: How should we transfer a euthanasia request between general practice and a hospital setting?

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Molewijk

, Ahlzen

. Clinical Ethics Committee Case 13: Should the school doctor contact the mother of a 17-year-old girl who has expressed suicidal thoughts?. Clin Ethics 2011;6:5–10

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. FAQ EUTHANASIA 2010. The Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act in practice. 2010. See http://www.minbuza.nl/en/You_and_the_Netherlands/About_the_Netherlands/Ethical_issues/FAQ_Euthanasia (last checked 1 June 2011)

For more empirical information see: Hilde Buiting

, Johannes van Delden

, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen

, Reporting of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands: descriptive study. BMC Medical Ethics 2009;10:18