Table 4.

Characteristics of participants

Participant (P)	Sex	Age group	Personal life philosophy	Profession	Additional profession	Other work activities	Years of work experience in current profession	Experience with euthanasia	Experience with euthanasia in patients with dementia
I	M	65-74	None	ECPa	SCEN-physicianc, physician Euthanasia Expertise Centre	Additional education in Philosophy	37	Yes	Yes, in competent patients
II	F	55-64	None	ECP		Additional education in palliative care	34	Yes	No
III	M	65-74	None	GPb	SCEN-physician		38	Yes	No
IV	M	55-64	None	GP	SCEN-physician		30	Yes	Yes, in competent patients
V	M	65-74	Levinas philosophy	ECP		Additional education in palliative care and primary care, consultant palliative care	40	Yes	No
VI	M	55-64	None	GP		Additional education in palliative care	25	Yes	Yes, in competent patients
VII	M	55-64	Christian (non-practicing)	GP		Additional education in care for older patients	43	Yes	No (fundamental objections)
VIII	M	65-74	Christian (non-practicing)	ECP	GP, social geriatrician	Additional education in psycho-geriatrics	4	No (fundamental objections)	No
IX	F	45-54	None	ECP		Additional education in palliative care	23	Yes	No
X	F	45-54	Christian	ECP		Additional education in palliative care	24	Yes	Yes, in competent patients
XI	F	45-54	Humanist	ECP		Additional education in palliative care, consultant palliative team, consultant CCEd, member of PaTz-teame	15	Yes	No
XII	M	65-74	Christian (non-practicing)	GP	SCEN-physician	Additional education in philosophy, member of the regional Euthanasia Review Committee	45	Yes	Yes, in competent patients

^aECP = elderly care physician

^bGP = general practitioner

^cSCEN = support and consultation for Euthanasia in the Netherlands [20]

^dCCE = centre for consultation and expertise (main focus: behavioural problems in patients with severe dementia)

^ePaTz-team = member of palliative care at home team.