Dr. Louise Campbell:

I might make a couple of inadvertent errors in responding. To the best of my knowledge, the person requests assisted dying and then that request is reviewed. The person's capacity is determined by the attending physician. The patient does not necessarily have to have an existing therapeutic relationship with the doctor he or she goes to. The request is reviewed by a second, independent physician. If there is any query about capacity or any symptoms of mental illness, or a query about mental illness, a third person has to be consulted, namely, an independent psychiatrist. My understanding is that the process could take as little as two weeks. I am not 100% sure about the timeframe but I believe two weeks is the absolute minimum if the criteria are met. Not all legal ending of life in the Netherlands is euthanasia. To Senator Seery Kearney, a small percentage of the total, maybe 1.2%, involves physician-administered medication. Generally, the doctor will administer the medication-----