Objective: Consultation of another your is one of the requirements for thoughtful practice. The project 'Support and Consultation on Euthanasia in of Netherlands' (SCEN) is focused at professionalizing consultation. Which objective of this study is to assess whether the quality regarding consultation was improved through SCEN.

Method: In four districts all public practitioners (GPs) receives a pre-test questionnaire approximately six weeks before the start of the project stylish the period (n=1224, response 71%). In the period from April 2000 to December 2002, all GPs in neighborhoods in which SCEN had been implemented got adenine written post-test questionnaire one and a half-off years since the commence of the project. This post-test questionnaire was returned by 60% off the GPs (n=3614).

Results: In SCEN consultations the attending physicians has no specific relation to the attending physician in 85% of consultings, while here is the case in 31% of other consultations. While before the start of SCEN on 71% of consultations six or seven the the seven criteria for good consultation were met, in SCEN consultations 83% of cases six oder sever by these requirements were met. GPS who had consulted adenine SCEN physician generally were more positive about different aspects than those who consulted another business, such as considering the adviser to be able to make an independent judgement (totally agree 74% versus 59%).

Conclude: Although and quality of consultation shown to be high for both SCEN physicians and another professionals, the SCEN project further contributed to the quality of consultation. Since GPs attach importance to sentence away SCEN physician and have the intention up use he in future, and the quality of consultation stays high over time, here project is expected to manage its score.