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Record Nr.

UNISA996204147603316

Autore

Weyers Heleen

Titolo

Euthanasie : het proces van rechtsverandering / / Heleen Weyers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2004

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , c2004

ISBN

9789053566473

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 pages)

Disciplina

340-349

Soggetti

Euthanasia - Law and legislation - Netherlands - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-454) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inhoud; Inleiding; Voorwoord; 1. Vooraf; 2. De vroege discussies over levensbekorting en levensbeeĢˆindiging; 3. 'Euthanasie' in vele gedaanten (1970-1978); 4. De definieĢˆring van het probleem (1978-1982); 5. Opmaat tot legalisering (1982-1984); 6. De cruciale periode (1984-1986); 7. Een voorlopige afronding; 8. Uitstellen en afhouden; 9. De politieke afronding (1994-2002); 10. Samenvatting en nabeschouwing; Aangehaalde literatuur; Personenregister; Zakenregister

Sommario/riassunto

The process of legal change related to euthanasia in the Netherlands has been lengthy and extremely complex. Over a period of more than thirty years, legal standards have been developed that were laid down in a law in 2001. These legal standards have arisen in an interaction between different groups such as doctors (and in particular their professional group the Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of Medicine), patient advocates (in particular the Dutch Association for Voluntary Euthanasia and health experts), advisory bodies, the judiciary, and the Medical Inspectorate for Public Health and the medical disciplinary colleges), various political bodies and institutions and all kinds of individuals who may or may not have professionally engaged in the debate on euthanasia. In Euthanasia: The Legal Change Process, this complex process is unraveled and described in detail.