Factors associated with requesting and receiving euthanasia: a nationwide mortality follow-back study with a focus on patients with psychiatric disorders, dementia, or an accumulation of health problems related to old age.

CONCLUSIONS: EAS in deceased patients with psychiatric disorders, dementia, and/or an accumulation of health problems is relatively rare. Partly, this can be explained by the belief that the due care criteria cannot be met. Another explanation is that patients with these conditions are less likely to request EAS. PMID: 30777057 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pain Physician - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: BMC Med Source Type: research