Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. an International Perspective

Name: Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. an International Perspective
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ISBN: 9781402064951

ISBN-10: 1402064950

ISBN-13: 9781402064951

Edition: 2008

Authors: Dieter Birnbacher, Edgar Dahl

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If it comes to choosing between methods of last resort for severely suffering, physician-assisted suicide will probably prove more acceptable as a method of last resort than active euthanasia both to patients, to legislators and to the general public. From the perspective of patients, physician-assisted is a more unambiguous expression of the patient's autonomous will. From the legislator's perspective it seems less liable to misuse and abuse. And often the availability of assisted suicide, instead of shortening the life of a patient, has proved to prolong it. Public policy has begun to respond to this prospect. Notably in Switzerland and Germany, the attitudes of public bodies towards…

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List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 2/7/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 157
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.17" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English



Preface




Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy


Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?



Slippery Slopes and Physician-Assisted Suicide



Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Medical Associations



Safe, Legal, Rare? Physician-Assisted Suicide and Cultural Change in the Future



Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking, Terminal Sedation, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Voluntary Active Euthanasia




Physician-Assisted Suicide - An International Perspective


Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon



Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Netherlands and Belgium



Physician-Assisted Suicide and the German Criminal Law



Physician-Assisted Death. An Australian Perspective



Assisted Dying: The View from the United Kingdom




Physician-Assisted Suicide - Narratives from Professional and Personal Experience


Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Doctor's Perspective



Physician-Assisted Suicide in Switzerland: A Personal Report



The European Convention on Human Rights Protects the Right of Suicide