Assisted death in Europe and America : four regimes and their lessons /
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| Author / Creator: | Lewy, Guenter, 1923- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | xii, 250 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8140426 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- Why Assisted Death Has Become an Important Public Policy Issue
- The Euthanasia and Assisted-Suicide Underground
- The Aims of This Study
- 2. Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide in the Netherlands
- The Path to Legalization
- The Law of 2002 Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
- Empirical Data on Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide: Who, When, Why, Where, and How?
- Problems in the Practice of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
- 1. Failure to Report Cases of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
- 2. Ending Life Without Explicit Request of the Patient
- 3. Termination of Life in Pediatric Cases
- 4. Assisted Death for Patients with Mental Suffering
- 5. Can Palliative Care Eliminate the Need for Assisted Death?
- The Dutch Regime of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide Assessed
- 3. Voluntary Euthanasia in Belgium
- How Belgium Legalized Euthanasia
- The Law on Euthanasia of May 28, 2002
- The Practice of Euthanasia Since 2002
- 4. Assisted Suicide in Switzerland
- Exit-German Switzerland: Association for a Humane Death
- Exit-Association pour le Droit de mourir dans la Dignité/Suisse Romande
- Dignitas
- Other Right-to-Die Organizations
- The Public Debate on Assisted Suicide
- 5. Physician-assisted Suicide in Oregon
- A Legal Obstacle Course
- The Death with Dignity Act
- Ten Years of Physician-assisted Death
- Criticism and Problem Areas
- 6. Assisted Death as a Last Resort
- Lessons from Four Regimes of Assisted Death
- A Model Statute for Physician-assisted Suicide
- Dilemmas and Promise of Legalized Assisted Death
- Appendices
- 1. The Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act
- 2. The Belgian Act on Euthanasia of 28 May 2002
- 3. Swiss Criminal Code of 1937 (as of October 1, 2008)
- 4. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act: Oregon Revised Statutes
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
