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I. History, practice and law -- Physician-assisted dying and the law in the United States : a perspective on three prospective futures / Arthur G. Svenson -- The assisted dying bill for England and Wales / Raphael Cohen-Almagor -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide : attitudes and policies in Mexico / Asunción Álvarez del Rio, Julieta Gómez Avalos and Isaac González Huerta -- Suffering, compassion, and freedom : Mahāyāna buddhism and East Asian attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia / Brett Barleyman -- The continental perspective on assisted suicide and euthanasia / Jack Simmons -- Christian perspectives on assisted dying : an issue for religious ethics / Lloyd Steffen -- II. Ethics and policy -- Ethical evaluation of euthanasia in the Islamic tradition / Tuba Erkoç Baydar and Ilhan Ilkilic -- An argument in favor of the morality of voluntary medically assisted death / Robert Young -- Limiting the right to die : moral logic, professional integrity, societal ethos / Courtney S. Campbell -- Respect for personal autonomy in the justification of death-hastening choices / Paul T. Menzel -- Intention, permissibility, and the consistency of traditional end-of-life care / Joseph Boyle -- Assisted dying and palliation / Ben A. Rich -- Capacity and assisted dying / Colin Gavaghan -- Advance directives for euthanasia / Eric Vogelstein -- Pediatric euthanasia / Jacob M. Appel -- Travelling for assisted suicide / I.Glen Cohen.