ABSTRACT
Objective: To acquire data about and an understanding of the way in which Dutch nursing home physicians (NHPs) who administer voluntary active euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide (EAS) cope with the requirements for prudent practice. These requirements include: the patient must experience his or her suffering as unbearable and hopeless; the wish to die must be well considered and persistent; the request must be voluntary; the NHP must consult at least one other physician; the physician is not allowed to issue a certificate testifying to natural death and is obliged to keep records.
