Facing requests for euthanasia: a clinical practice guideline.

Voluntary euthanasia in Northern Ireland: general practitioners' beliefs, experiences, and actions.

BACKGROUND There has been much recent interest in the press and among the profession on the subject of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The BMA recently conducted a 'consensus conference' over the internet to collect views on physician-assisted suicide. Any surveys to date have addressed a variety of specialties; however, no recent surveys have looked at general practitioner (GP) atti...

Requests for euthanasia in general practice before and after implementation of the Dutch Euthanasia Act.

BACKGROUND The Netherlands was the first country in the world to implement a Euthanasia Act in 2002. It is unknown whether legalizing euthanasia under strict conditions influences the number and nature of euthanasia requests. AIM To investigate changes in the number of, and reasons for, requests for euthanasia in Dutch general practice after implementation of the Euthanasia Act. DESIGN OF S...

Adaptation of a clinical practice guideline for Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

Abstract: Introduction: Excessive daytime sleepiness is related to significant morbidity and mortality in either the patients or others. Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) is designed to evaluate the ability to maintenance of wakefulness in standard conditions of the test. Regarding the diversity of MWT protocols, and the importance of unification of them in Iran, this clinical practice gui...

Requests for euthanasia in general practice.

Twenty five years of requests for euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in Dutch general practice: trend analysis.

Concerns have been expressed that the Dutch policy on euthanasia (E) and physician assisted suicide (PAS) may lead to an exponential increase in the number of requests and use. Many Dutch general practitioners, nursing home physicians, and pharmacists have a fairly positive attitude and have become more tolerant over the years. We investigated the effect of increasing acceptance on the number o...