Abstract

Part I. Definitions: 1. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide 2. Intended v. foreseen life-shortening Part II. The Ethical Debate: Human Life, Autonomy, Legal Hypocrisy, and the 'Slippery Slope' 3. The value of human life 4. The value of autonomy 5. Legal hypocrisy? 6. The slippery slope arguments Part III. The Dutch Experience: 7. The guidelines 8. The first survey: the incidence of 'euthanasia' 9. Breach of the guidelines 10. The slide towards NVAE 11. The second survey 12. The Dutch in denial? 13. The Euthanasia Act and the Code of Practice 14. Effective control since 2002? 15. Continuing concerns 16. A right to physician-assisted suicide by stopping eating and drinking? 17. Assisted suicide for the elderly with 'completed lives' Part IV. Belgium: 18. The Belgian Legislation 19. The lack of effective control Part V. Australia: 20. The Northern Territory: ROTTI Part VI. The United States: 21. The United States: Oregon and six other jurisdictions 22. The US Supreme Court: Glucksberg and Vacco Part VII. Canada: 23. The Supreme Court of Canada: the Carter case 24. Canada's euthanasia legislation 25. Conclusion.

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