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In 2002, the government of the Netherlands explicitly legalized euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. These controversial end-of-life practices had been openly tolerated and studied for many years before legalization, and Dutch physicians were expected to voluntarily report their participation in these acts, trusting that they would be acquitted of any legal wrongdoing provided that they had met the accepted criteria for "careful practice." Not surprisingly, the reporting rates have increased since the law was passed — from 18% in 1990 to approximately 80% in 2005, as reported by van der Heide and colleagues in this issue of the Journal (pages 1957–1965). . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Quill is a professor of medicine, psychiatry, and medical humanities and the director of the Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.

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