Optimal care for someone dying implies that the doctor has knowledge of adequate treatment for pain, of alternatives for the treatment of complaints about unbearable pain and awareness of the moment at which he must allow the process of dying to run its natural course.< $FThe Netherlands, Ministry of Welfare, Health and Culture, " Medical Practice with Regard to Euthanasia and Related Medical Decisions in the Netherlands: Results of an Inquiry and the Government View" , VDB 92-034, p. 8.>
Les soins optimaux pour un agonisant impliquent que le médecin sait traiter la douleur, connaît d'autres traitements lorsque le patient se plaint d'une souffrance intolérable et peut reconnaître le moment où il doit laisser la mort suivre son cours.< $FLes Pays-Bas, Ministère du Bien-être, de la Santé et de la Culture, «Medical Practice with Regard to Euthanasia and Related Medical Decisions in the Netherlands: Results of an Inquiry and the Government View», VDB 92-034, p. 8.>