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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144105203321

Autore

Griffiths John, professor of sociology of law.

Titolo

Euthanasia and law in the Netherlands / / John Griffiths, Alex Bood, Heleen Weyers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-281-97964-3

9786611979645

90-485-0570-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoodAlex

WeyersHeleen

Disciplina

344.49204197

610

Soggetti

Euthanasia - Law and legislation - Netherlands

Medical ethics - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Extended Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Prologue; Ch. 1: Introduction; Intermezzo: The Dutch Health-Care System and the Care of the Terminally Ill; Ch. 2: Legal Change 1945-1997; Ch. 3: The Current Legal Situation; Ch. 4: The Terms of Debate since 1982; Ch. 5: What is Known about Medical Practice and its Regulation; Ch. 6: Euthanasia and Other Medical Behaviour that Shortens Life as a Problem of Regulation; Ch. 7: Two Reflections on the Significance of the Dutch Experience; Appendix 1: Some Relevant Legal Documents

Appendix 2: Three Leading CasesLiterature; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An extended study on euthanasia in the Netherlands.