Book contents
- Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- Part I Definitions
- Part II The Ethical Debate
- Part III The Dutch Experience
- 7 The Guidelines
- 8 The First Survey
- 9 Breach of the Guidelines
- 10 The Slide toward NVAE
- 11 The Second Survey
- 12 The Dutch in Denial?
- 13 The Euthanasia Act and the Code of Practice
- 14 Effective Control since 2002?
- 15 Continuing Concerns
- 16 A Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide by Stopping Eating and Drinking?
- 17 Assisted Suicide for the Elderly with ‘Completed Lives’
- Part IV Belgium
- Part V Australia
- Part VI The United States
- Part VII Canada
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Books in the Series
7 - The Guidelines
from Part III - The Dutch Experience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2018
Book contents
- Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- Part I Definitions
- Part II The Ethical Debate
- Part III The Dutch Experience
- 7 The Guidelines
- 8 The First Survey
- 9 Breach of the Guidelines
- 10 The Slide toward NVAE
- 11 The Second Survey
- 12 The Dutch in Denial?
- 13 The Euthanasia Act and the Code of Practice
- 14 Effective Control since 2002?
- 15 Continuing Concerns
- 16 A Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide by Stopping Eating and Drinking?
- 17 Assisted Suicide for the Elderly with ‘Completed Lives’
- Part IV Belgium
- Part V Australia
- Part VI The United States
- Part VII Canada
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Books in the Series
Summary
Documents the slide from legal and professional condonation of voluntary euthanasia to legal and professional condonation of nonvoluntary euthanasia.
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- Euthanasia, Ethics and Public PolicyAn Argument against Legalisation, pp. 93 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018