Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders: an investigation of 39 Dutch case reports (2012-2021)

This file contains the case numbers of cases included in our study (Full cases, in Dutch, to be found on https://www.euthanasiecommissie.nl/). This document contains extracts from each case (translated into English), with the authors’ categorisation

Dataset

The RTE online database (https://www.euthanasiecommissie.nl/) was searched for cases involving people with intellectual disability and/or autism

We discussed our study with a lawyer who is responsible for ethical issues involved in the use of the RTE database. They highlighted that a committee appointed by the Dutch government, which oversees ethical issues around use of the database, has recommended that the published data may be used or commented on freely and without need for further ethical approvals, as long as they are not combined with any other data sets (such as death records) that might compromise anonymity.