Narrative Ethics in Response to Unbearable Suffering—the Dutch Slippery Slope Is Nonexistent

To the Editor This letter is in reference to the recently published Editorial by Meier.¹ Meier argues that the study by van den Berg et al² demonstrates that euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (EAS) is a “quick, easy, and inexpensive”^1(p160) intervention offered in response to unbearable suffering attributable to multiple geriatric syndromes. Furthermore, absence of regulatory constraints to contain physician-assisted death may underscore real societal harms in the Netherlands.