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*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>   

*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>  Years later, the euthanasia rates in the Netherlands have risen dramatically, not only for comatose patients but all others as well.  In 2015, about 4.5% of deaths in the Netherlands were due to direct euthanasia, and 0.1% were due to doctor-assisted suicide.  Perhaps a cause for greater concern is that 18.3% of deaths in the Netherlands were due to "continuous deep sedation."  Some claim this process can be appropriate for refractory pain, but it is also a convenient way to commit "slow euthanasia" used to circumvent regulations and unwanted attention.<ref>https://www.liveaction.org/news/1-in-20-deaths-in-the-netherlands-are-now-due-to-euthanasia/</ref>

An additional study by sociologists in [[South Australia]], reported in 1994, found that 19% of doctors surveyed had deliberately ended someone's life, with their the answers revealing that in 49% of those occasions they had done so without the patient's request.<ref>Meier DE, Emmons CA, Wallenstein S, Quill T, Morrison RS, Cassel CK. A National Survey of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the United States. NEnglJMed 1998; 338: 1193-1201.</ref>  

An additional study by sociologists in [[South Australia]], reported in 1994, found that 19% of doctors surveyed had deliberately ended someone's life, with their the answers revealing that in 49% of those occasions they had done so without the patient's request.<ref>Meier DE, Emmons CA, Wallenstein S, Quill T, Morrison RS, Cassel CK. A National Survey of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the United States. NEnglJMed 1998; 338: 1193-1201.</ref>