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To the Editor: Although the opinions of pharmacists on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been examined,¹ there is little information about their practices. Between April and September 1994, we surveyed attitudes and practices with respect to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in community and hospital pharmacies in the Netherlands. Under Dutch legislation euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are technically crimes, but through an amendment to the Burial Act physicians are granted immunity from prosecution if they adhere to certain conditions.² The Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Association has issued guidelines for pharmacists who receive requests to dispense drugs for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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