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- Title
Divergent Views and Experiences Regarding 'Completed Life' and Euthanasia in the Netherlands.
- Authors
Satalkar, Priya; van der Geest, Sjaak
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM solving; EUTHANASIA; AGING; DECISION making
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2024, Vol 88, Issue 4, p1628
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00302228211066681