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Euthanasia and assisted suicide : lessons from Belgium / edited by David Albert Jones, Chris Gastmans, Calum MacKellar. - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017 - xii, 363 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge bioethics and law . - Cambridge bioethics and law. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A discussion of the legal rules on euthanasia in Belgium briefly compared with the rules in Luxembourg and the Netherlands -- The Belgian experience of euthanasia since its legal implementation in 2002 -- Ethics and the psychiatric dimensions of physician assisted suicide : a view from the United States -- Assisted dying : the current situation in Flanders : euthanasia embedded in palliative care -- The practice of continuous sedation at the end of life in Belgium : how does it compare to UK practice, and is it being used as a form of euthanasia? -- 2002-2016 : fourteen years of euthanasia in Belgium : first-line observations by an oncologist -- A last act of grace? organ donation and euthanasia in Belgium -- A life worth living? disabled people and euthanasia in Belgium -- Euthanasia in patients with intolerable suffering due to an irremediable psychiatric illness : a psychiatric perspective -- Euthanasia in children : keep asking the right questions -- Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' -- Euthanasia in persons with severe dementia -- Some possible consequences arising from the normalisation of euthanasia in Belgium -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium : bringing an end to interminable discussion -- Psychiatric patients and the culture of euthanasia in Belgium. Herman Nys / Etienne Montero / Daniel P. Sulmasy / Paul Vanden Berghe, Arsène Mullie, Marc Desmet, and Gert Huysmans / Sigrid Sterckx and Kasper Raus / Benoit Beuselinck / Trevor Stammers / Kevin Fitzpatrick and David Albert Jones / Joris Vandenberghe / Stefaan Van Gool and Jan De Lepeleire / Raphael Cohen-Almagor / Chris Gastmans / Calum MacKellar / David Albert Jones / Willem Lemmens /

"Examining the evidence from Belgium - one of only five countries where euthanasia is practised legally - an international panel of experts considers the implications of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide. Looking at the issue from an international perspective, the authors have written an invaluable in-depth analysis of the ethical aspects of this complex area. The discussion forms a solid foundation for informed debate about assisted dying. With contributors from a broad range of disciplines ... ."--Back cover.

ISBN: 9781107198869 1107198860 9781316648353 1316648354

LCCN: 2017016930

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB7B8516 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018418963 Uk 101749757 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Belgium.
Right to die--Law and legislation--Belgium.

LC Class. No.: KJK4058 / .E98 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 344.493

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2019 F-910 WB 65