Divergent Views and Experiences Regarding ‘Completed Life’ and Euthanasia in the Netherlands

A small proportion of older people in the Netherlands want to end their lives because they feel their lives to be 'completed' and no longer worth living. Currently, there is heated debate over whether or not these people should have the right to euthanasia. Drawing on previous research, we conduct a heuristic analysis of views and experiences of three different 'parties' involved in this debate, namely, the older people, their relatives and friends and medical professionals. The views of these three groups tend to be divergent and conflicting, posing a difficult dilemma to decision-makers

Assisted suicide · Dilemma · Epistemology · Psychiatry · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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