Policy Statements and Practice Guidelines for Medical End-of-Life Decisions in Dutch Health Care Institutions: Developments in the Past Decade

Abstract

To describe the existence of policy statements on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) and practice guidelines for all medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions in 2005, whether the existence of practice guidelines is related to characteristics of institutions, and to compare the existence of policies in 2005 and 1994.