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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Euthanasia in the Netherlands
    sub title: The Policy and Practice of Mercy Killing
  name:
    name part: Cohen-Almagor, Raphael.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2004
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 205 p. online resource.
  abstract: The Dutch experience has influenced the debate on euthanasia and death with dignity around the globe, especially with regard to whether physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia should be legitimized or legalized. A review of the literature reveals complex and often contradictory views about the Dutch experience. Some claim that the Netherlands offers a model for the world to follow; others believe that the Netherlands represents danger, rather than promise, and that the Dutch experience is the definitive answer regarding why we should not make active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide part of our lives. Given these contradictory views, it has become clear that fieldwork is essential to developing a more informed opinion. Having investigated the Dutch experience for a number of years, and after thoroughly reading the vast literature published in English, I went to the Netherlands for one month in the summer of 1999 to get a feel for the local situation. I felt that this would provide the basis on which I could better interpret the findings of the available literature. I visited the major centers of medical ethics, as well as some research hospitals, and spoke with leading figures in the euthanasia policy and practice. The time spent was extremely beneficial and enriching. I followed in the footsteps of Carlos Gomez, who 1 published a book following one month of extensive research in the Netherlands.
  table of contents: Acknowledgments. Introduction -- Preliminaries: Comparative Law -- Part A: Background. 1: The Three Research Reports of 1990, 1995 and 2001, and Their Interpretations. 2: The Practice of Euthanasia and the Legal Framework -- Part B: Fieldwork. 3: The Methodology -- Phase I: The Interviews. 4: Why the Netherlands? 5: Views on the Practice of Euthanasia. 6: Worrisome Data. 7: The Remmelink Contention and the British Criticism. 8: Should Physicians Suggest Euthanasia to Their Patients? 9: Breaches of the Guidelines. 10: On Palliative Care and the Dutch Culture. 11: On Legislation and the "Chabot" Case -- Phase II: Interviewees' General Comments. a. Preliminaries. b. General Comments -- Phase III: Updates. a. Preliminaries. b. On the New Act. c. On the Work of the Regional Committees. d. Further Concerns -- Part C: Conclusion. a. Preliminaries. b. Suggestions for Improvement -- Appendix I: Interviews in the Netherlands (Summer 1999). Appendix II: Interviews and Telephone Conversations in the Netherlands (Summer 2001). Appendix III: Interviews in the Netherlands (April 2002) -- Index: General. Index: Court Cases.
  note: by Raphael Cohen-Almagor.
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Occupational medicine
  subject:
    topic: Medical ethics
  subject:
    topic: Medical laws and legislation
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
  subject:
    topic: Medical Law
  subject:
    topic: Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
  classification: BJ1-1725
  classification: 170
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      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 20
  identifier: 9781402022517
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2251-7
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    record creation date: 100301
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