Sue Westwood, Regulating the End of Life—Death Rights

Abstract

This edited collection discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia, drawing on a range of expert views to discuss the subject holistically. In particular, assisted suicide and euthanasia are discussed from a regulatory perspective in Part 1 of the book, an ethical and moral perspective is explored in Part 2, a rights’ perspective in Part 3, and in Part 4 as ‘transgressions’ of established norms. The book presents death as a right that should be made available subject to safeguards if the individual requests it. Below I present each Chapter as it is set in the book. The book will appeal to those working in the area, and as the editor suggests, it can be read from start to finish, or one can approach the book selectively, based on interest. It is a brilliant collection of chapters, combining highly theoretical accounts on the debate, expert accounts of the rights perspective on assisted suicide and euthanasia, and some fascinating accounts of more ‘hands-on’ empirical approaches relevant to assisted suicide and euthanasia.