It is not a comfortable topic, but (almost) everyone understands and accepts it as a normal and reasonable thing. Nevertheless, they are extremely reluctant to send you to a specialist who might be more current with specific medical issues.Unlike countries such as France and Spain, where a percentage of people’s income taxes pays for universal health care, every Dutch resident is required to buy their own health insurance (Once you have your insurance, you are required to register with a huisarts, through whom you must go if you want to visit any type of specialist, including a gynecologist, dermatologist, etc. Baby Q was born at full-term via C-section, but was “small for gestational age”. Crossposting from r/thenetherlands, originally submitted by /u/fred256..

We don’t. I waited and call again and she said you need to wait. For a severe case of BPD, I'd like to know whether the therapy was faithful to the model. Of cource, there are good things, too but it had still so much problems.It’s true, Dutch healthcare is a joke and way too expensive; and I’m saying this as a Dutchman. Yet at the extreme that seems callous, as we’re effectively capping the amount of suffering we’re willing to acknowledge a certain type of patient can experience.Nothing was published in the media until several weeks after the decision had been finalized.

I see how it works for individuals with a fatal prognosis and completely accept one's decision, the possibility that a psychiatric condition can give the same intolerable suffering of the worst cancer or mental/qol decay of a cj dementia, but age must be a discriminating factor. The website may provide links to other websites on the Internet, the content of which is not in our control. This is a highly moderated subreddit. Whether euthanasia is a good option for that—like whether it makes sense to offer euthanasia for diabetes—is a large and separate question.For this particular case, there are some glaring concerns for me. During that dinner would she rather have been dead? If I hadn’t been really assertive I wouldn’t have got even this far. I will not advice anyone looking for a better health care to come to the netherlands when other Europeans countries are avaliable, the health insurance here ‘re criminals and everyone is afraid of talking about is for one reason or the other, people lost thier love once because the doctors refuse to admijister treatment for been afraid that the insurance companies will not pay. There are far worse countries in which to be ill, but don’t expect your doctor to be sympathetic to pain. It just feels a bit like an unexplored one.I have struggled with ethics of PAS/euthanasia, mainly because I think it's rarely (if ever) necessary when there is appropriate end-of-life management of pain and anxiety.Like many here, I too have participated in the 'terminal sedation' of a dying patient and view this as an essential part of our calling. He is now a happy, bouncy, rosy-cheeked toddler.His mother said, “During all this we had support from their child developmental staff, pastoral workers, a nutritionist, a pre-speech therapist, a world class surgeon, pediatric home nurse when needed, and incredible nurses, consultants and trainee consultants. Yes, you need an appointment right now. Dutch doctors also administer high-dose opioids with the explicit intention of causing death. I was wet and cold just sit on toilet. The Doctors discuss what might motivate a patient to leave a bad review. During this time the patient in question underwent every form of therapy and medicine available for her conditions (which were numerous) - with one exception: electroshock therapy because that could worsen her epileptic episodes. Media caption Dutch PM tells nation not to shake hands – then does. All material on this website (DutchReview) is strictly copyright and all rights reserved. It excels at treating serious and catastrophic illness.

I say that I also want to be checked out for Hemochromatosis (‘The Celtic Curse’) and wanted to see a hematologist as well.