The Subnational Corruption Database: Grand and petty corruption in 1,473 regions of 178 countries, 1995-2022.

This data descriptor presents the Subnational Corruption Database (SCD), which provides data on corruption in 1,473 subnational areas of 178 countries. The SCD includes a comprehensive overall corruption index, the Subnational Corruption Index (SCI), and its two components: the Subnational Grand Corruption Index (SGCI) and Subnational Petty Corruption Index (SPCI). The SCD is constructed by combining data of 807 surveys held in the period 1995-2022 and includes the corruption experiences and perceptions of 1,326,656 respondents along 19 separate dimensions.

Euthanasia requests in dementia cases; what are experiences and needs of Dutch physicians? A qualitative interview study.

Background: In the Netherlands, in 2002, euthanasia became a legitimate medical act, only allowed when the due care criteria and procedural requirements are met. Legally, an Advanced Euthanasia Directive (AED) can replace direct communication if a patient can no longer express his own wishes. In the past decade, an exponential number of persons with dementia (PWDs) share a euthanasia request with their physician.