Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from BelgiumDavid Albert Jones, Chris Gastmans, Calum MacKellar Herman Nys / A discussion of the legal rules on euthanasia in Belgium briefly compared with the rules in Luxembourg and the Netherlands -- Etienne Montero / The Belgian experience of euthanasia since its legal implementation in 2002 -- Daniel P. Sulmasy / Ethics and the psychiatric dimensions of physician assisted suicide : a view from the United States -- Paul Vanden Berghe, Arsène Mullie, Marc Desmet, and Gert Huysmans / Assisted dying : the current situation in Flanders : euthanasia embedded in palliative care -- Sigrid Sterckx and Kasper Raus / The practice of continuous sedation at the end of life in Belgium : how does it compare to UK practice, and is it being used as a form of euthanasia? -- Benoit Beuselinck / 2002-2016 : fourteen years of euthanasia in Belgium : first-line observations by an oncologist -- Trevor Stammers / A last act of grace? organ donation and euthanasia in Belgium -- Kevin Fitzpatrick and David Albert Jones / A life worth living? disabled people and euthanasia in Belgium -- Joris Vandenberghe / Euthanasia in patients with intolerable suffering due to an irremediable psychiatric illness : a psychiatric perspective -- Stefaan Van Gool and Jan De Lepeleire / Euthanasia in children : keep asking the right questions -- Raphael Cohen-Almagor / Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' -- Chris Gastmans / Euthanasia in persons with severe dementia -- Calum MacKellar / Some possible consequences arising from the normalisation of euthanasia in Belgium -- David Albert Jones / Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium : bringing an end to interminable discussion -- Willem Lemmens / Psychiatric patients and the culture of euthanasia in Belgium |
Contents
A Discussion of the Legal Rules on Euthanasia | 7 |
The Belgian Experience of Euthanasia Since Its Legal | 26 |
Euthanasia cases declared for multiple disorders | 32 |
Registered euthanasia cases | 45 |
Ethics and the Psychiatric Dimensions | 49 |
The Current Situation in Flanders | 67 |
How Does it Compare | 86 |
FirstLine Observations by an Oncologist | 101 |
Euthanizing People Who Are Tired of Life | 188 |
Euthanasia in Persons with Severe Dementia | 202 |
Some Possible Consequences Arising from | 219 |
Bringing | 235 |
Psychiatric Patients and the Culture of Euthanasia | 258 |
Final Conclusions on Final Solutions | 278 |
Wet Betreffende de Euthanasie 28 Mei 2002 | 284 |
Loi Relative à LEuthanasie 28 Mai 2002 | 295 |
A Last Act of Grace? Organ Donation and Euthanasia | 114 |
A Life Worth Living? Disabled People and Euthanasia | 133 |
Euthanasia in Patients with Intolerable Suffering | 150 |
Keep Asking the Right | 173 |
The Belgian Act on Euthanasia | 305 |
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