Recruiting end-of-life cancer patients in the Netherlands for a study on suffering and euthanasia requests

Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Palliative Care Centre of Expertise, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam and Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. *Correspondence to C D M Ruijs, Primary Care Center De Greev, Grevelingenstraat 10, 3522 PR Utrecht, The Netherlands; E-mail: C.Ruys3@kpnplanet.nl Received 15 February 2011; Revised 28 April 2011; Accepted 15 May 2011.