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17454999

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
This article reviews the Dutch societal debate on euthanasia/assisted suicide in dementia cases, specifically Alzheimer's disease. It discusses the ethical and practical dilemmas created by euthanasia requests in advance directives and the related inconsistencies in the Dutch legal regulations regarding euthanasia/assisted suicide. After an initial focus on euthanasia in advanced dementia, the actual debate concentrates on making euthanasia/assisted suicide possible in the very early stages of dementia. A review of the few known cases of assisted suicide of people with so-called early dementia raises the question why requests for euthanasia/assisted suicide from patients in the early stage of (late onset) Alzheimer's disease are virtually non-existent. In response to this question two explanations are offered. It is concluded that, in addition to a moral discussion on the limits of anticipatory choices, there is an urgent need to develop research into the patient's perspective with regard to medical treatment and care-giving in dementia, including end-of-life care.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1536-0075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48-56
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Would we rather lose our life than lose our self? Lessons from the Dutch debate on euthanasia for patients with dementia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nursing Home Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't