Govert Den Hartogh

What Kind of Death (eBook, PDF)

The Ethics of Determining One's Own Death

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an examination of physician-assisted death, but it also extends the discussion to a broader range of end-of-life decisions including suicide, palliative care and sedation until death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000684933
• Artikelnr.: 65968935

Autorenporträt

Govert den Hartogh is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I: Suicide

Chapter 2. Determining the manner and time of your own death

Chapter 3. The invisibility of rational suicide

Chapter 4. Which actions should we count as suicides?

Chapter 5. What is implied by the right to suicide?

Part II: Palliative care and palliative sedation

Chapter 6. Suffering and dying well: on the proper aim of palliative care

Chapter 7. Continuous deep sedation and homicide

Chapter 8. Sedation until death: indications

Part III: Euthanasia

Chapter 9. Euthanasia and the right to self-determination

Chapter 10. Ending lives with and without request

Chapter 11. The risks of legalization

Chapter 12. The Dutch and Belgian euthanasia laws: Potemkin villages?

Part IV: Hard cases

Chapter 13. Mental illness

Chapter 14. Death wishes of the elderly

Chapter 15. The authority of advance directives

Chapter 16. Designing a regulatory system

Rezensionen

"I particularly appreciate four qualities in work on bioethics: clear, effective communication; careful, well-organized argumentation, thorough, comprehensive research; and responsiveness to empirical evidence. den Hartogh delivers on all four..."

Wayne Sumner, Filosofie & Praktijk

"One of this book's strengths is its ability to evaluate technical and complex areas. It offers a valuable resource for exploring end-of-life choices from a personal and moral standpoint. It also provides an insightful examination of what constitutes a 'good death' and how to facilitate it. It will appeal to anyone researching bioethics, applied ethics, law, or simply curious about death, particularly assisted death."

Medical Law Review

"Govert den Hartogh is a highly respected emeritus professor of moral philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With this magnum opus-with highly detailed discussions-he delivers an extremely well documented presentation of his own and personal view how the manner and time of one's own death can be determined."

Paul Schotsmans, European Journal of Health Law