Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective

Assessing the Dutch Experience

Stuart J. Youngner, Gerrit K. Kimsma

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781107007567
• eBook ISBN: 9781139534062
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades. In contrast to most books about euthanasia, which are written by authors from countries where the practice is illegal and therefore practised only secretly, this book analyzes empirical data and real-life clinical behavior. Its essays were written by the leading Dutch scholars and clinicians who shaped euthanasia policy and who have studied, evaluated and helped regulate it. Some of them have themselves practised euthanasia. The book will contribute to the world literature on physician-assisted death by providing a comprehensive examination of how euthanasia has been practised and how it has evolved in one specific national and cultural context. It will greatly advance the understanding of euthanasia among both advocates and opponents of the practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Introduction
• PART I: BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
• PART II: REGULATION AND PRACTICE DEFICIENCIES
• PART III: QUALITY ASSURANCE
• PART IV: LEARNING FROM THE PRACTICE
• PART V: THE CHALLENGE OF UNBEARABLE SUFFERING
• PART VI: OVERVIEW
• Index