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No increase in demand for euthanasia following implementation of the Euthanasia Act in The Netherlands; pain as a reason for euthanasia request was increasing before implementation but declined subsequently

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  1. Correspondence to Hilde M Buiting
    van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands; h.buiting{at}vumc.nl
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Buiting HM, van der Heide A, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD
No increase in demand for euthanasia following implementation of the Euthanasia Act in The Netherlands; pain as a reason for euthanasia request was increasing before implementation but declined subsequently
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2010;15:159-160.

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  • First published July 28, 2010.
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October 25, 2017

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