Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story

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Beschreibung

This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice of euthanasia. They share their experiences and reflections born out of their confrontation with requests for euthanasia and end-of-life support in a country where euthanasia has been decriminalized since 2002 and is now becoming a trivial topic.

Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death present the other side of a reality needs to be evaluated more rigorously.

Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives, this though-provoking and original book is intended not only for caregivers but also for anyone who questions the meaning of death and suffering, as well as the impact of a law passed in 2002. Presenting real-world cases and experiences, it highlights the complexity of situations and the consequences of the euthanasia law.

This book appeals to palliative care providers, hematologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, nurses and health professionals as well as researchers, academics, policy-makers, and social scientists working in health care. It is also a unique resource for those in countries where the decriminalization of euthanasia is being considered. Sometimes shocking, it focuses on facts and lived experiences to challenge readers and offer insights into euthanasia in Belgium.

Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death present the other side of a reality needs to be evaluated more rigorously.

Über den Autor

Professor Dr Timothy Devos is an internist-haematologist. Appointed in 2007 at the Leuven University Hospitals (UZ Leuven) in Belgium, he became a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in 2009. His special clinical and research interests are palliative care, myeloproliferative syndromes and blood transfusion. He is the reference doctor in palliative care of the Haematology team at UZ Leuven.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a new critical analysis of euthanasia

Written by health care professionals in Belgium - where euthanasia has been legal for 17 years

Provides a real-world multidisciplinary approach with contributions of hematologists, psychiatrists, palliative care doctors, nurses and an ethicist

Present lessons learned from the application of laws in countries that have legalized euthanasia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Slippery Slope Syndrome.- The Doctor Turned into an Instrument.- When Conscience Wavers.- Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium.- Euthanasia for Unbearable Psychological Suffering.- People Facing the Question of Euthanasia: Patients, Family and Friends, Health-care Workers.- Surrendering to vs. Inducing Death.- Artificial Feeding as Paradigm.- The Meaning of Suffering or the Meaning of Life Despite Suffering.- Resisting.- Behind the Scenes of Euthanasia.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Andere Fachgebiete
Genre:	Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xx 110 S.
ISBN-13:	9783030567941
ISBN-10:	303056794X
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Devos, Timothy
Herausgeber:	Timothy Devos
Auflage:	1st ed. 2021
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Maße:	235 x 155 x 8 mm
Von/Mit:	Timothy Devos
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.03.2021
Gewicht:	0,237 kg

Artikel-ID: 118741976