Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index.
Contents:
Chap. 10 Where do we go from here? Chap. 2 Legal status of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Chap. 3 Do not resuscitate orders, living wills, and surrogate decision making -- Chap. 4 Research issues in assisted suicide and euthanasia: methods and opportunities for future research -- Chap. 5 Influence of depression and psychosocial factors on physician-assisted suicide -- Chap. 6 The role of pain and other physical symptoms in the desire for hastened death -- Chap. 7 End-of-life decision making -- Chap. 8 Lessons learned from the Netherlands -- Chap. 9 The Oregon experiment -- Chap. 10 Where do we go from here?
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