(Ebook) Euthanasia and Law in Europe by John Griffiths, Heleen Weyers, Maurice Adams ISBN 9781841137001, 1841137006

(Ebook) Euthanasia and Law in Europe by John Griffiths, Heleen Weyers, Maurice Adams ISBN 9781841137001, 1841137006

This book is a successor to Euthanasia and Law in the Netherlands (Amsterdam University Press 1998). This second edition emphasizes recent legal developments and new research, and has been expanded to include a full treatment of Belgium, where, since 2002, euthanasia has also become legal. Also included are short descriptions of the legal situations and what is known about actual practices in a number of other European countries — the UK, Switzerland, France, and Spain. The book strives for as complete and dispassionate a description of the situation as possible, covering in detail: --- the substantive law applicable to euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, withholding and withdrawing treatment, use of pain relief in potentially lethal doses, terminal sedation, and termination of life without a request — particularly in the case of newborn babies --- the process of legal development that has led to the current state of the law --- the system of legal control and its operation in practice --- the results of empirical research concerning actual medical practice