• Dutch politicians, policymakers and activists in support of legalizing euthanasia for more general use should connect with peers in other nations to understand how passage of a Completed Life bill would affect other national end-of-life policy debates.
• The above parties should also consider slowing efforts to push their position until after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, given potential negative ramifications in a fragile political climate.

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​Keywords: Policy Diffusion, Euthanasia Policy, Fluid Dynamics, Historical Institutionalism

Citation: Chen, A., Tamo, A., Xia, Z., Hanoeman, S., Karssies, E. (2021). Policy Diffusion and Euthanasia Policy in the COVID Era: On the Potential Ripple Effects of the Dutch Completed Life Debate. Public Note 8.

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Samuel Chen

Amsha Tamo

Zhe Xia

Shreya Hanoeman

Elise Karssies