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Euthanasia in the Netherlands : the policy and practice of mercy killing /

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This book is a must for anyone who wishes to understand the pitfalls of policy-making where euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are concerned. The book will be most useful in academic forums, and it will appeal to legislatures and judges who take the decisions and make the judgments necessary...

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Main Author: Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Series:International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 20.
Subjects:
Euthanasia > Law and legislation > Netherlands.
Euthanasia > Netherlands.
Euthanasia > Netherlands > Public opinion.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Euthanasia.
Euthanasia > Law and legislation.
Euthanasia > Public opinion.
Netherlands.
Euthanasia > legislation & jurisprudence.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments. Introduction
  • Preliminaries: Comparative Law
  • Part A: Background. 1: The Three Research Reports of 1990, 1995 and 2001, and Their Interpretations. 2: The Practice of Euthanasia and the Legal Framework
  • Part B: Fieldwork. 3: The Methodology
  • Phase I: The Interviews. 4: Why the Netherlands? 5: Views on the Practice of Euthanasia. 6: Worrisome Data. 7: The Remmelink Contention and the British Criticism. 8: Should Physicians Suggest Euthanasia to Their Patients? 9: Breaches of the Guidelines. 10: On Palliative Care and the Dutch Culture. 11: On Legislation and the "Chabot" Case
  • Phase II: Interviewees' General Comments. a. Preliminaries. b. General Comments
  • Phase III: Updates. a. Preliminaries. b. On the New Act. c. On the Work of the Regional Committees. d. Further Concerns
  • Part C: Conclusion. a. Preliminaries. b. Suggestions for Improvement
  • Appendix I: Interviews in the Netherlands (Summer 1999). Appendix II: Interviews and Telephone Conversations in the Netherlands (Summer 2001). Appendix III: Interviews in the Netherlands (April 2002)
  • Index: General. Index: Court Cases.