Dr. Louise Campbell:

That is not what happens in practice, respectfully. If the Senator looks at the reports I mentioned, primarily from the Netherlands, it will be seen how evaluations are made, and information can also be got about the criteria on the basis of which requests for euthanasia are rejected. Such requests are rejected because there are problems, and the attending physician, and second consulted physician or psychiatrist, believe there may be treatment that may relieve the person's suffering. They can say to the patient, with reason, there are treatments that have not been tried and which should be tried before a request for assistance in dying is made as a last resort.