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Rising Rates of Euthanasia in ALS Patients in the Netherlands: Statistics and Trends

The percentage of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who died due to a self-determined death increased in the Netherlands from 18% in 2012 (90/496) to 25% in 2020 (131/516). As a result, ALS patients more often receive euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide than patients with cancer and patients with neurological…

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2023-09-05 04:00:00
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