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1 online resource |
| Contents |
The lateness of the Dutch euthanasia debate and its consequences / James C. Kennedy -- Classifications and definitions : Dutch developments / Johan Legemaate -- Legalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands : revolutionary normality / Heleen Weyers -- The normative context of the Dutch euthanasia law / Esther Pans -- Dutch social groups on "euthanasia": the political spectrum on ending life on request / Heleen Weyers -- The Dutch social fabric : health care, trust, and solidarity / Margo Trappenburg and Hans Oversloot -- The unreported cases / Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen -- Physician assistance in dying without an explicit request by the patient / Agnes van der Heide -- When requests do not result in euthanasia or assisted suicide / H. Roeline W. Pasman -- Dutch euthanasia in retrospect / John Griffiths -- Euthanasia consultants : professional assessment before euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands / Gerrit K. Kimsma -- Reviews after the act : the role and work of regional euthanasia review committees / Gerrit K. Kimsma and Evert van Leeuwen -- Palliative care and physician-assisted death / Dick Willems -- Unbearable suffering and advanced dementia : the moral problems of advance directives for euthanasia / Cees M.P.M. Hertogh -- Decision-making capacity in patients who are in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease and who request physician-assisted suicide / Ron Berghmans -- Being "weary of life" as cause for seeking euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide / Mette Rurup -- Shared obligations and "medical friendships" in assisted dying : moral and psychological repercussions reconsidered / Gerrit K. Kimsma and Chalmers C. Clark -- Depression, euthanasia, and assisted suicide / Marije van der Lee -- End-of-life decisions in children and newborns in the Netherlands / Pieter J.J. Sauer and A.A. Eduard Verhagen -- Hastening death through voluntary cessation of eating and drinking : a survey / Boudewijn E. Chabot -- The subjectivity of suffering and the normativity of unbearableness / Henri Wijsbek -- Assessment of unbearable and hopeless suffering in evaluating a request to end life / Gerrit K. Kimsma -- The regulation of euthanasia : how successful is the Dutch system? / Govert den Hartogh -- No regrets / Margo Trappenburg |
| Summary |
"This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades. In contrast to most books about euthanasia, which are written by authors from countries where the practice is illegal and therefore practiced only secretly, this book analyzes empirical data and real-life clinical behavior. Its essays were written by the leading Dutch scholars and clinicians who shaped euthanasia policy and who have studied, evaluated, and helped regulate it. Some of them have themselves practiced euthanasia. The book will contribute to the world literature on physician-assisted death by providing a comprehensive examination of how euthanasia has been practiced and how it has evolved in one specific national and cultural context. It will greatly advance the understanding of euthanasia among both advocates and opponents of the practice"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Netherlands.
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Assisted suicide -- Netherlands.
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Euthanasia -- Netherlands.
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Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary.
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Attitude to Death.
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Health Policy.
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Physicians -- psychology.
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Suicide, Assisted.
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| SUBJECT |
Netherlands. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009426 |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kimsma, Gerrit K.
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Youngner, Stuart J.
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| ISBN |
0511843976 (electronic bk.) |
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1139525824 (electronic bk.) |
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1139528211 |
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9780511843976 (electronic bk.) |
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9781139525824 (electronic bk.) |
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9781139528214 |
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