Euthanasia and assisted suicide : lessons from Belgium /
Euthanasia and assisted suicide : lessons from Belgium /
edited by David Albert Jones, Chris Gastmans, Calum MacKellar.
- xii, 363 pages
- Cambridge bioethics and law .
- Cambridge bioethics and law. .
'First published in 2017, first paperback edition 2018', - verso of titlepage.
A discussion of the legal rules on euthanasia in Belgium briefly compared with the rules in Luxembourg and the Netherlands / Herman Nys -- The Belgian experience of euthanasia since its legal implementation in 2002 / Etienne Montero -- Ethics and the psychiatric dimensions of physician assisted suicide : a view from the United States / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Assisted dying : the current situation in Flanders : euthanasia embedded in palliative care / Paul Vanden Berghe, Arsène Mullie, Marc Desmet, and Gert Huysmans -- 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? / Sigrid Sterckx and Kasper Raus -- 2002-2016 : fourteen years of euthanasia in Belgium : first-line observations by an oncologist / Beboit Beuselinck -- 'A last act of grace'? Organ donation and euthanasia in Belgium / Trevor Stammers -- A life worth living? Disabled people and euthanasia in Belgium / Kevin Fitzpatrick and David Albert Jones -- Euthanasia in patients with intolerable suffering due to an irremediable psychiatric illness : a psychiatric perspective / Joris Vandenberghe -- Euthanasia in children : keep asking the right questions / Stefaan Van Gool and Jan De Lepeleire -- Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' / Raphael Cohen-Almagor -- Euthanasia in persons with severe dementia / Chris Gastmans -- Some possible consequences arising from the normalisation of euthanasia in Belgium / Calum MacKellar -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium : bringing an end to interminable discussion / David Albert Jones -- Psychiatric patients and the culture of euthanasia in Belgium / Willem Lemmens.
"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."-- Taken from book-cover.
9781316648353
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Belgium.
Right to die--Law and legislation--Belgium.
Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Belgium.
344.41970493
'First published in 2017, first paperback edition 2018', - verso of titlepage.
A discussion of the legal rules on euthanasia in Belgium briefly compared with the rules in Luxembourg and the Netherlands / Herman Nys -- The Belgian experience of euthanasia since its legal implementation in 2002 / Etienne Montero -- Ethics and the psychiatric dimensions of physician assisted suicide : a view from the United States / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Assisted dying : the current situation in Flanders : euthanasia embedded in palliative care / Paul Vanden Berghe, Arsène Mullie, Marc Desmet, and Gert Huysmans -- 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? / Sigrid Sterckx and Kasper Raus -- 2002-2016 : fourteen years of euthanasia in Belgium : first-line observations by an oncologist / Beboit Beuselinck -- 'A last act of grace'? Organ donation and euthanasia in Belgium / Trevor Stammers -- A life worth living? Disabled people and euthanasia in Belgium / Kevin Fitzpatrick and David Albert Jones -- Euthanasia in patients with intolerable suffering due to an irremediable psychiatric illness : a psychiatric perspective / Joris Vandenberghe -- Euthanasia in children : keep asking the right questions / Stefaan Van Gool and Jan De Lepeleire -- Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' / Raphael Cohen-Almagor -- Euthanasia in persons with severe dementia / Chris Gastmans -- Some possible consequences arising from the normalisation of euthanasia in Belgium / Calum MacKellar -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium : bringing an end to interminable discussion / David Albert Jones -- Psychiatric patients and the culture of euthanasia in Belgium / Willem Lemmens.
"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."-- Taken from book-cover.
9781316648353
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Belgium.
Right to die--Law and legislation--Belgium.
Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Belgium.
344.41970493