Overview
- Up-to-date overview of legislation on physician-assisted suicide all over the world
- Critical appraisals of the views taken by professional codes toward physician-assisted suicide
- Practice reports of some of the leading figures in the practice of physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland and in the Netherlands
Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 38)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy
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Physician-Assisted Suicide – An International Perspective
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Physician-Assisted Suicide – Narratives from Professional and Personal Experience
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About this book
From the perspective of patients, physician-assisted suicide 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 physician-assisted suicide are in a process of change, partly motivated by the wish to take the edge off the pressure for legalisation of active euthanasia.
The present volume focuses on public policy issues related to physician-assisted suicide. It offers a detailed analysis of the current legal standing and practice of physician-assisted suicide in various countries and discusses the ethical principles underlying its legal and professional regulation. In addition, it contains a number of personal narratives by professionals who have for many years been involved in end-of-life issues.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book examines the many facets of physician-assisted suicide from an international perspective with contributions from a variety of authors … . The audience includes a broad array of readers, spanning academics, practitioners, and even lay people. … This is a superb and insightful book, with wide appeal. It is highly useful for those with an interest in the physician-assisted suicide debate. … this is a valuable contribution to anyone’s library, especially those concerned with the legal fight for physician- assisted suicide." (Jason Lesandrini, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Giving Death a Helping Hand
Book Subtitle: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An International Perspective
Editors: Dieter Birnbacher, Edgar Dahl
Series Title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6495-1Published: 07 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8688-2Published: 30 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6496-8Published: 22 January 2008
Series ISSN: 1567-8008
Series E-ISSN: 2351-955X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 157
Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics