Euthanasia
Authors: J. Dearling, M. H K Irwin
Journal: BMJ (2001)

# Euthanasia already exists {#article-title-2} EDITOR—Emanuel misses the point in his editorial about euthanasia.1 The question is not “Should we debate whether to legalise euthanasia?” Euthanasia already happens, and is widely supported.2–5 The question is “Should we regulate existing practice using the Netherlands model?” 1. 1.↵1. Emanuel EJ .Euthanasia: where the Netherlands leads will the world follow?BMJ2001;322: 1376–1377. (9 June.) [OpenUrl][1][FREE Full Text][2] 2. 2.↵1. Grassi L, 2. Agostini M, 3. Magnani K .Attitudes of Italian doctors to euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.Lancet1999;354:1876–1877. [OpenUrl][3][CrossRef][4] 3. 3.1. Shah N, 2. Warner J, 3. Blizard B, 4. King M .National survey of UK psychiatrists' attitudes to euthanasia.Lancet 1998; 352,9137: 1360. 4. 4.1. Tijmstra TJ, 2. Kempen GI, 3. Ormel J .[End of life and termination of life: opinions of elderly persons with health problems.]Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd1997;141: 2444–2448. (In Dutch.) [OpenUrl][5][PubMed][6] 5. 5.↵1. Ward BJ, 2. Tate PA .Attitudes among NHS doctors to requests for euthanasia.BMJ1994;308:1332–1334. [OpenUrl][7][Abstract/FREE Full Text][8] # Figures for “slow euthanasia” should be included in data on physician assisted suicide {#article-title-8} EDITOR—Emanuel is mistaken in stating that “if the objective is to improve the quality of care at the end of life then the battle … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DBMJ%26rft.stitle%253DBMJ%26rft.issn%253D0007-1447%26rft.aulast%253DEmanuel%26rft.auinit1%253DE.%2BJ%26rft.volume%253D322%26rft.issue%253D7299%26rft.spage%253D1376%26rft.epage%253D1377%26rft.atitle%253DEuthanasia%253A%2Bwhere%2Bthe%2BNetherlands%2Bleads%2Bwill%2Bthe%2Bworld%2Bfollow%253F%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1136%252Fbmj.322.7299.1376%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F11397727%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=bmj&resid=322/7299/1376&atom=%2Fbmj%2F323%2F7316%2F809.1.atom [3]: {openurl}?query=rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1016%252FS0140-6736%252899%252904194-X%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04194-X&link_type=DOI [5]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DNederlands%2Btijdschrift%2Bvoor%2Bgeneeskunde%26rft.stitle%253DNed%2BTijdschr%2BGeneeskd%26rft.aulast%253DTijmstra%26rft.auinit1%253DT.%2BJ.%26rft.volume%253D141%26rft.issue%253D50%26rft.spage%253D2444%26rft.epage%253D2448%26rft.atitle%253D%255BEnd%2Bof%2Blife%2Band%2Btermination%2Bof%2Blife%253A%2Bopinions%2Bof%2Belderly%2Bpersons%2Bwith%2Bhealth%2Bproblems%255D%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F9555129%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [6]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=9555129&link_type=MED&atom=%2Fbmj%2F323%2F7316%2F809.1.atom [7]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DBMJ%26rft.stitle%253DBMJ%26rft.issn%253D0007-1447%26rft.aulast%253DWard%26rft.auinit1%253DB%2BJ%26rft.volume%253D308%26rft.issue%253D6940%26rft.spage%253D1332%26rft.epage%253D34%26rft.atitle%253DAttitudes%2Bamong%2BNHS%2Bdoctors%2Bto%2Brequests%2Bfor%2Beuthanasia%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F8019219%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [8]: /lookup/ijlink?linkType=ABST&journalCode=bmj&resid=308/6940/1332&atom=%2Fbmj%2F323%2F7316%2F809.1.atom