{"product_id":"what-kind-of-death-9781032247960","title":"What Kind of Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany books have been published about physician-assisted death. This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth examination of that subject, but it also extends the discussion to a broader range of end-of-life decisions including suicide, palliative care and sedation until death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn every jurisdiction that has laws permitting some kind of physician-assisted death, a central point of controversy is whether such assistance should only be available to dying patients, or to everyone who wants to end his life. The right to determine the manner and time of oneâs own death, however, does not necessarily mean that physicians should be permitted to cooperate in ensuring a quick and peaceful death. In this book, Govert den Hartogh considers the fundamental and practical matters â including concrete issues of legal regulation â related to end-of life decision making. He proposes a two-tiered system. Everyone should have access to humane means of ending his life, if his decision to end it i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Suicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Determining the manner and time of your own death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The invisibility of rational suicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Which actions should we count as suicides?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. What is implied by the right to suicide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Palliative care and palliative sedation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Suffering and dying well: on the proper aim of palliative care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Continuous deep sedation and homicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Sedation until death: indications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Euthanasia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Euthanasia and the right to self-determination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Ending lives with and without request\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. The risks of legalization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. The Dutch and Belgian euthanasia laws: Potemkin villages?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Hard cases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Mental illness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Death wishes of the elderly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15. The authority of advance directives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Designing a regulatory system\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018922918231,"sku":"9781032247960","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032247960.jpg?v=1750778676","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-kind-of-death-9781032247960","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}