Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story

Experiences and Insights of Belgian Doctors and Nurses

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-18
Mått155 x 235 x 12 mm
Vikt236 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor110
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030567941
OriginaltitelEuthanasie, l’envers du décor. Réflexions et expériences de soignants

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Onkologi inom Medicin
Palliativ medicin inom Medicin
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Hematologi inom Medicin

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.

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.