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Table 4 Characteristics of the consultation. (Questions phrased from the standard form of the reporting physician)

From: Reporting of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands: descriptive study

 

n = 158

%

Number of physicians that had been consulted

 

One

71

Two

22

Three

7

Which physicians were consulted? In the capacity of:

SCEN-physician2

85

General practitioner

18

Medical specialist

30

Other

3

Was/were they already involved in the care for the patient?

Yes

1

One involved, the other not

18

No

80

Not clearly specified in the report

2

What was the nature of the relationship towards the reporting physician?

Unknown colleague

39

Unclear whether colleague is unknown or not

9

Known colleague 3

21

'SCEN-physician'

6

Other

10

Not clearly specified in the report

24

  1. 1. More than one physician could have been consulted.
  2. 2. SCEN = Support and Consultation for Euthanasia in the Netherlands. A 'SCEN-physician' is a physician who has received formal training in consultation and participates in a formal network of consultants.
  3. 3. Colleague own practice/partnership/other collaboration (8%). Familiar colleague not related to own practice/partnership/other collaboration (13%).