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T1 - Pushing the boundaries of lawful assisted dying in the Netherlands? Existential suffering and lay assistance.
AU - Ost, Suzanne
AU - Mullock, Alexandra
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Two matters that have a significant presence in the contemporary Dutch assisted dying debate are the nature of the suffering that is required for an assisted death to be lawful and the issue of who can lawfully assist. This paper explores whether the lawful medical assisted dying model is too restrictive in failing to recognise existential suffering, considering selected case studies involving such suffering and lay assisted death. It addresses the question whether the Netherlands would take a trip down a slippery slope if the lawful model of assisted death were extended to cases where individuals are ‘tired of life’.
AB - Two matters that have a significant presence in the contemporary Dutch assisted dying debate are the nature of the suffering that is required for an assisted death to be lawful and the issue of who can lawfully assist. This paper explores whether the lawful medical assisted dying model is too restrictive in failing to recognise existential suffering, considering selected case studies involving such suffering and lay assisted death. It addresses the question whether the Netherlands would take a trip down a slippery slope if the lawful model of assisted death were extended to cases where individuals are ‘tired of life’.
KW - Assisted dying
KW - Netherlands
KW - existential suffering
KW - suffering from life
KW - tired of life
KW - accomplished life
KW - completed life
KW - lay assistance
U2 - 10.1163/157180911X564570
DO - 10.1163/157180911X564570
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 163
EP - 189
JO - European Journal of Health Law
JF - European Journal of Health Law
SN - 0929-0273
IS - 2
ER -