Professor Theo Boer:

Briefly, in the Netherlands, there is a rather harmonious relationship between palliative care and euthanasia but the main reason an ever-increasing number of patients ask for euthanasia is not because the pain and discomfort cannot be fought, but because of meaninglessness and because they do not think the last weeks or months in care dependence can bring anything good. I do not have any reason to be critical of palliative care physicians about this because they do their work very well. However, in general I hold the middle position here.