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1 online resource |
| Series |
Cambridge bioethics and law |
| Contents |
Herman Nys / A discussion of the legal rules on euthanasia in Belgium briefly compared with the rules in Luxembourg and the Netherlands -- Etienne Montero / The Belgian experience of euthanasia since its legal implementation in 2002 -- Daniel P. Sulmasy / Ethics and the psychiatric dimensions of physician assisted suicide : a view from the United States -- Paul Vanden Berghe, Arsène Mullie, Marc Desmet, and Gert Huysmans / Assisted dying : the current situation in Flanders : euthanasia embedded in palliative care -- Sigrid Sterckx and Kasper Raus / The practice of continuous sedation at the end of life in Belgium : how does it compare to UK practice, and is it being used as a form of euthanasia? -- Benoit Beuselinck / 2002-2016 : fourteen years of euthanasia in Belgium : first-line observations by an oncologist -- Trevor Stammers / A last act of grace? organ donation and euthanasia in Belgium -- Kevin Fitzpatrick and David Albert Jones / A life worth living? disabled people and euthanasia in Belgium -- Joris Vandenberghe / Euthanasia in patients with intolerable suffering due to an irremediable psychiatric illness : a psychiatric perspective -- Stefaan Van Gool and Jan De Lepeleire / Euthanasia in children : keep asking the right questions -- Raphael Cohen-Almagor / Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' -- Chris Gastmans / Euthanasia in persons with severe dementia -- Calum MacKellar / Some possible consequences arising from the normalisation of euthanasia in Belgium -- David Albert Jones / Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium : bringing an end to interminable discussion -- Willem Lemmens / Psychiatric patients and the culture of euthanasia in Belgium |
| Summary |
Examining the evidence from Belgium? one of only five countries where euthanasia is practised legally? an international panel of experts considers the implications of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide. Looking at the issue from an international perspective, the authors have written an invaluable in-depth analysis of the ethical aspects of this complex area. The discussion forms a solid foundation for informed debate about assisted dying. With contributors from a broad range of disciplines, this book is ideal for students, academics, legislators and anyone interested in legal, medical, social and philosophical ethics. A vital and timely examination of a growing phenomenon and one of the most challenging ethical questions of our time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- Belgium
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Right to die -- Law and legislation -- Belgium
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Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- Belgium
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Euthanasia -- Law and legislation.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation
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Euthanasia -- Law and legislation
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Right to die -- Law and legislation
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Belgium
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jones, David Albert, editor
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Gastmans, Chris, 1966- editor.
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MacKellar, C. (Calum), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108203296 |
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1108203299 |
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9781108182799 |
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1108182798 |
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