Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium

Extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings (as provided by publisher): The legalization of physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients is a controversial medical and societal issue.1 In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, we conducted a follow-up study in 2007 to two large-scale nationwide surveys on medical end-of-life practices that had been conducted in 19982 and 2001.3 This follow-up study enabled us to investigate differences in the frequency and characteristics of these practices before and after the enactment of the law