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The concept of palliative care in the Netherlands

Rien J P A Janssens

Henk A M J ten Have

University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen

Palliative care in the Netherlands is growing and the climate for further development is favourable. Although there is a great deal of consensus on the current debates within palliative care, important disagreements persist. These disagreements relate to the history of palliative care within the country, the scope of palliative care, its values, the appropriate institutional context, and the moral acceptability of euthanasia in palliative care. In this paper, the consensus and the disagreements are described and discussed. It is concluded that many disagreements emerge from so-called external goals of palliative care. It is recommended that the debate should refocus on the internal goal of palliative care, which is the quality of life of the patient and his or her loved ones.

Key Words: palliative care • euthanasia • health policy • the Netherlands, ethics

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 6, 481-486 (2001)
DOI: 10.1191/026921601682553969
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