Book contents
- Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
- Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Background and History
- Part II Regulation and Practice Deficiencies
- Part III Quality Assurance
- Part IV Learning from the Practice
- 14 Unbearable Suffering and Advanced Dementia
- 15 Decision-Making Capacity in Patients Who Are in the Early Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease and Who Request Physician-Assisted Suicide
- 16 Being “Weary of Life” as Cause for Seeking Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide
- 17 Shared Obligations and “Medical Friendships” in Assisted Dying
- 18 Depression, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide
- 19 End-of-Life Decisions in Children and Newborns in the Netherlands
- 20 Hastening Death Through Voluntary Cessation of Eating and Drinking
- Part V The Challenge of Unbearable Suffering
- Part VI Overview
- Index
20 - Hastening Death Through Voluntary Cessation of Eating and Drinking
A Survey
from Part IV - Learning from the Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
Book contents
- Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
- Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Background and History
- Part II Regulation and Practice Deficiencies
- Part III Quality Assurance
- Part IV Learning from the Practice
- 14 Unbearable Suffering and Advanced Dementia
- 15 Decision-Making Capacity in Patients Who Are in the Early Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease and Who Request Physician-Assisted Suicide
- 16 Being “Weary of Life” as Cause for Seeking Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide
- 17 Shared Obligations and “Medical Friendships” in Assisted Dying
- 18 Depression, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide
- 19 End-of-Life Decisions in Children and Newborns in the Netherlands
- 20 Hastening Death Through Voluntary Cessation of Eating and Drinking
- Part V The Challenge of Unbearable Suffering
- Part VI Overview
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Physician-Assisted Death in PerspectiveAssessing the Dutch Experience, pp. 305 - 316Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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