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Table 5 Topics about which review committees asked for additional information (As described in the verdicts of the review committees) n = 75.

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

 

%

(n)

%

The patient's request 1

11

(8)

 

â–ª Being well-considered

  

8

â–ª Voluntariness

  

9

The patient's suffering 1

32

(24)

 

â–ª Further specification of (unbearable) suffering

  

23

â–ª Course of disease

  

12

â–ª Patient was (sub) comatose

  

4

â–ª Other

  

4

Informing the patient about their situation and prognosis

 

-

 

The presence of reasonable alternatives

1

(1)

 

The consultation 1,2

41

(31)

 

â–ª Quality of consultant's report

  

12

â–ª Independency of consultant

  

19

â–ª Moment of consultation

  

9

â–ª Quality of consultation

  

1

â–ª Other

  

4

Performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide 1

17

(13)

 

â–ª Type of medication

  

13

â–ª Physician's attendance

  

3

â–ª Other

  

3

Other topics 1

21

(16)

 

â–ª Decision-making of the physician

  

1

â–ª Quality of physician's report

  

13

â–ª Other

  

11

  1. 1. More than one answer could be given.
  2. 2. In 70% of the cases, the reporting physician was also involved in the question for additional information from the review committees.
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