Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care : Regulating Advance Directives in International and Comparative Perspective.
By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation in international, European and domestic law, this book offers new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the debate over dignity and autonomy at the end of life.
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Table of Contents:
- Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; PART I PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW ON DIGNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION AT THE END OF LIFE; Human Dignity: From Cornerstone in International Human Rights Law to Cornerstone in International Biolaw?; The Right to Informed Consent at the Convergence of International Biolaw and International Human Rights Law; Regulating Advance Directives at the Council of Europe; Assisted Suicide in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: A Matter of Life and Death.
- A Private International Law Perspective: Conflict Rules in Advance Directives and Euthanasia LegislationPART II ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING AND EUTHANASIA IN COMPARATIVE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE; Euthanasia Face of the Law in Latin America; Legal Oversight of End-of-Life Treatment Decisions in United States Law; A Comparative Perspective on Australian End-of-Life Law; The Legal and Ethical Dimensions of End-of-Life Decision-Making in Contemporary Ireland; The Limits of Autonomy: Law at the End of Life in England and Wales; Euthanasia in China: Some Issues in Harmonization.
- Treatment Directives in the Netherlands: The Gap between Legal Regulation and Medical PracticeAdvance Directives in Spain; Advance Directives and Legality of Euthanasia under German Law; The Right to Die with Dignity: Socio-Legal Implications of the Right to a Dignified Life and Death in the Brazilian Experience; PART III THE ONGOING DEBATE ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVES REGULATION IN ITALY; Exploring Self-determination and Informed Consent in Advance Directives in Light of the Italian Legal System; Non-negotiability of Ethical Values and Constitutional Democracy.
- The Interface between End-of-Life Care and Religious Rights: Legislation of a Christian or a Secular State?Notes on Contributors; Index.