Medical Assistance in Dying committee  We've had the law since 2002, and there's hardly been any discussion about its implementation. It helps that euthanasia in mature adults is so extremely rare.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The fear of a slippery slope was mentioned twice, first when the euthanasia law was accepted in 2002, and it never became a reality. The numbers have never gone up. The second time was with neonatal euthanasia. Some people expected huge numbers of newborns to be killed, but it

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No. Consent is not necessary, so we follow the child. We know that children and parents are often on the same page, but not always. Conflicts have been described frequently. Very importantly, the doctor will only go ahead in providing what is asked if he or she is convinced that

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  From how I understand it, track one is for children or people who have a disease they are dying from, and that would allow them a yes or no for medical aid in dying. Our euthanasia law requires hopeless and unbearable suffering, which means that there's no good outcome possible a

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The social situation wasn't described in much detail, but generally I can say that they were all well insured, they were all from middle-class or higher-class families and they purposely chose death knowing about the suffering they had gone through and having heard their prognosi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The Dutch health law says children and parents decide together in the age group of 12 to 16. The law also states that if the child and parents disagree on health care matters, doctors will follow the child. This is not an opinion. This is what the health law says. I must also a

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No, I cannot, because those were not registered.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. I might be able to add a bit of knowledge from a country that has some experience in medical aid in dying for mature minors. I'm a professor in pediatric palliative care, and I'm one of the authors of “The Groningen Protocol for newborn euthanasia”. As impo