Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective

Herausgeber: Kimsma, Gerrit K.; Youngner, Stuart J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 847g
• ISBN-13: 9781107007567
• ISBN-10: 1107007569
• Artikelnr.: 33624107

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Stuart J. Youngner and Gerrit K. Kimsma; Part I. Background
and History: 1. The lateness of the Dutch euthanasia debate and its
consequences James C. Kennedy; 2. Classifications and definitions: Dutch
developments John Legemaate; 3. The legalization of euthanasia in the
Netherlands: revolutionary normality Heleen Weyers; 4. The normative
context of the Dutch euthanasia law Esther Pans; 5. Dutch social groups on
euthanasia: the political spectrum on ending life on request Heleen Weyers;
6. The Dutch social fabric: health care, trust, and solidarity Margo
Trappenburg and Hans Oversloot; Part II. Regulation and Practice
Deficiencies: 7. The unreported cases Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen; 8.
Physician-assistance in dying without an explicit request by the patient
Agnes van der Heide; 9. When requests do not result in euthanasia or
assisted suicide Roeline W. Pasman; 10. Dutch euthanasia in retrospect John
Griffiths; Part III. Quality Assurance: 11. Euthanasia consultants:
professional assessment before euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in
the Netherlands Gerrit K. Kimsma; 12. Reviews after the act: the role and
the work of regional euthanasia review committees Gerrit K. Kimsma and
Evert Van Leeuwen; 13. Palliative care and physician-assisted death Dick
Willems; Part IV. Learning from the Practice: 14. Unbearable suffering and
advanced dementia: the moral problems of advance directives for euthanasia
Cees M. P. M. Hertogh; 15. Decision making capacity in patients who are in
the early stage of Alzheimer's disease and who request physician-assisted
suicide Ron Berghmans; 16. Being 'weary of life' as cause for seeking
euthanasia of physician-assisted suicide Mette Rurup; 17. Shared
obligations and 'medical friendships' in assisted dying: moral and
psychological repercussions reconsidered Gerrit K. Kimsma and Chalmers C.
Clark; 18. Depression, euthanasia and assisted suicide Marije van der Lee;
19. End-of-life decisions in children and newborns in the Netherlands
Pieter J. J. Sauer and A. A. Eduard Verhangen; 20. Hastening death through
voluntary cessation of eating and drinking: a survey Boudewijn E. Chabot;
Part V. The Challenge of Unbearable Suffering: 21. The subjectivity of
suffering and the normativity of unbearableness Henri Wijsbek; 22.
Assessment of unbearable and hopeless suffering in evaluating a request to
end life Gerrit K. Kimsma; Part VI. Overview: 23. The regulation of
euthanasia: how successful is the Dutch system? Govert den Hartogh; 24. No
regrets Margo Trappenburg.