Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thomasma, David C. (Editor), Kimbrough-Kushner, Thomasine (Editor), Kimsma, Gerrit K. (Editor), Ciesielski-Carlucci, Chris (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1998.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Political science.; Ethics.; Public health.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Public Health.; Political Science.

claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient’s unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeu...