TABLE 2.

Number of physicians who provided aftercare to bereaved relatives of patients who received euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (N = 127) (Fourth evaluation of the Dutch euthanasia act, Netherlands, 2022).

	N (%)
Aftercare conversation with relatives
Yes, once	67 (52.8)
Yes, multiple times	31 (24.4)
No	29 (22.8)
Among physicians who had at least one aftercare conversation	N = 98
Topics of aftercare conversations a
Looking back on practical aspects of the EAS trajectory	51 (62.2)
Emotional experience of relatives during the EAS trajectory	41 (50.0)
Mental wellbeing of relatives following the EAS	19 (23.2)
Other	9 (11.0)
Aftercare conversation led to referral to additional care
Yes	6 (6.3)
No	90 (93.8)

^a Open-ended question, of which the answers were categorized into four main categories (multiple answers possible).

Missings: topics 16, referral to additional care 2.