J20 Euthanasia in Huntington's disease patients in the netherlands: a reconnaissance

Background Huntington's disease patients may ask their physician for euthanasia. The Dutch Euthanasia Act (2002) states that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not punishable if the attending physician acts in accordance with criteria of due care. A review committee assesses whether a case complies with the criteria. A reconnaissance was made of cases published by the review committee. We looked into patients’ characteristics and their experienced suffering, and compared these to Parkinson's disease (PD) and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) patients requesting euthanasia. Our cl... Mehr ...