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*5,800 cases of withdrawing or withholding treatment on explicit request 'partly with the purpose' (4,292) or 'with the explicit purpose' (1,508) of shortening life (6).  

*5,800 cases of withdrawing or withholding treatment on explicit request 'partly with the purpose' (4,292) or 'with the explicit purpose' (1,508) of shortening life (6).  

*This indicates that there were up to 23,359 instances of doctors deciding, by commission or or omission, to hasten death.<ref>[http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/pollard2.htm Non-Voluntary Euthanasia] Brian Pollard, MB BS, FANZCA, Grad Cert Bioeth, Sydney, Australia</ref>   

*This indicates that there were up to 23,359 instances of doctors deciding, by commission or omission, to hasten death.<ref>[http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/pollard2.htm Non-Voluntary Euthanasia] Brian Pollard, MB BS, FANZCA, Grad Cert Bioeth, Sydney, Australia</ref>   

The State Commission on Euthanasia in 1987 had recommended that Non-Voluntary Euthanasia should not be an offense. In 1991 a Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) committee  condoned the killing of patients in persistent coma.<ref>Keown J. The Law and Practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands. Law Q Rev 1992; 108: 51-78</ref>

The State Commission on Euthanasia in 1987 had recommended that Non-Voluntary Euthanasia should not be an offense. In 1991 a Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) committee  condoned the killing of patients in persistent coma.<ref>Keown J. The Law and Practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands. Law Q Rev 1992; 108: 51-78</ref>