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1 online resource (487 pages) |
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Part I Perspectives of international and European law on dignity and self-determination at the end of life -- Human dignity: from cornerstone in international human rights law to cornerstone in international biolaw? / Angela Di Stasi -- The right to informed consent at the convergence of international biolaw and international human rights law / Stefania Negri -- Regulating advance directives at the Council of Europe / Roberto Andorno -- La fin de la vie et le droit européen / Estelle Brosset -- Assisted suicide in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: a matter of life and death / Panos Merkouris -- |
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A private international law perspective: conflict rules in advance directives and euthanasia legislation / Mario J. A. Oyarzábal -- Part II Advance directives, end-of-life decision-making and euthanasia in comparative legal perspective -- Euthanasia face of the law in Latin America / Heloisa Helena Barboza -- Legal oversight of end-of-life treatment decisions in United States law / Carl H. Coleman -- A comparative perspective on Australian end-of-life law / Thomas A. Faunce and Ruth Townsend -- The legal and ethical dimensions of end-of-life decision-making in contemporary Ireland / Patrick Hanafin -- The limits of autonomy: law at the end of life in England and Wales / Penney Lewis -- Euthanasia in China : some issues in harmonization / Alessia Magliacane -- |
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Treatment directives in the Netherlands : the gap between legal regulation and medical practice / Sofia Moratti and Cristiano Vezzoni -- Advance directives in Spain / José Antonio Seoane -- Advance directives and legality of euthanasia under German law / Jochen Taupitz and Amina Salkić -- The right to die with dignity : socio-legal implications of the right to a dignified life and death in the Brazilian experience / Sandra Regina Martini Vial -- Part III The ongoing debate on advance directives regulation in Italy -- Exploring self-determination and informed consent in advance directives in light of the Italian legal system / Vitulia Ivone -- Non-negotiability of ethical values and constitutional democracy / Francesco Mancuso -- |
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The interface between end-of-life care and religious rights : legislation of a christian or a secular state? / Giuseppe D'Angelo -- Annex : Italian draft bill on "Dispositions of therapeutic alliance, informed consent and advance treatment directives." |
| Summary |
By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation in international, European and domestic law, this book offers new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the debate over dignity and autonomy at the end of life |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Advance directives (Medical care) -- Law and legislation.
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Informed consent (Medical law)
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Right to die -- Law and legislation.
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Terminal care -- Law and legislation.
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Life and death, Power over.
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LAW -- Right to Die.
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LAW -- Health.
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Advance directives (Medical care) -- Law and legislation
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Informed consent (Medical law)
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Life and death, Power over
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Right to die -- Law and legislation
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Terminal care -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004223585 |
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9004223584 |
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