Euthanasia and law in the Netherlands /

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The Netherlands is the only country in the world in which euthanasia, under narrow-defined circumstances, is legally permissible. Considerable attention has been paid over a number of years to the problem of regulating it and information has been systematically collected concerning actual practice....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Griffiths, John, 1940 July 3- (Autor), Bood, Alex (Autor), Weyers, Heleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 1998.
Colección:Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
Temas:
Euthanasia > Law and legislation > Netherlands.
Euthanasia > legislation & jurisprudence
Euthanasie > Droit > Pays-Bas.
Medicine.
Law.
Society and social sciences.
Politics and government.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Euthanasia > Law and legislation.
Euthanasie.
Rechtsontwikkeling.
Netherlands
Netherlands.
Bestuurskunde
Geneeskunde
Law
Medicine and health
Public administration
Recht
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: the Netherlands and the Dutch
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Intermezzo: the Dutch health-care system and the care of the terminally Ill
  • Ch. 2. Legal change 1945-1997
  • Ch. 3. Current legal situation
  • Ch. 4. Terms of debate since 1982
  • Ch. 5. What is known about medical practice and its regulation?
  • Ch. 6. Euthanasia and other medical behavior that shortens life as a problem of regulation
  • Ch. 7. Two reflections on the significance of the Dutch experience
  • App. I. Some Relevant Legal Documents
  • A. Articles 40, 228(1), 255, 287, 289, 293, 294 and 307 of the criminal code
  • B. Amendment to the law on the disposal of corpses and the order in council pursuant to the law
  • C. Some legislative proposals. App. II. Three leading cases.

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