Position paper: The role of the physician in the voluntary termination of life (2011)
Position paper
The role of the physician in the voluntary termination of life is a publication setting out the Position of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst (KNMG), adopted by the Board of the Federation and effective as from 23 June 2011.
KNMG
The KNMG physicians’ federation represents over 53,000 physicians and medical students. KNMG member organisations include the Koepel Artsen Maatschappij en Gezondheid (Umbrella organisation for physicians and health - KAMG), the Landelijke vereniging van Artsen in Dienstverband (National society of employee physicians - LAD), the Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging (National society of general practitioners - LHV), the Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine (NVAB), the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Verzekeringsgeneeskunde (Netherlands society of insurance medicine - NVVG), the Orde van Medisch Specialisten (Order of medical specialists - OMS) and the Dutch Association of Elderly Care Physicians and Social Geriatricians (Verenso).
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The role of the physician in the voluntary termination of life, KNMG, June 2011
