Materstvedt LJ, Bosshard G. (2009; May) «Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide». In: Hanks G, Cherny N, Christakis N, Fallon MT, Kaasa S, Portenoy RK, eds. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Firmly established as the definitive book on the subject, used in more than 8,000 palliative care services and in over 100 countries.
Contents of our chapter (5.5):
- Introduction
- Euthanasia: one concept, many definitions
- «Killing» or «ending of life»; «person» or «patient»?
- Physician-assisted suicide (PAS), assisted suicide and indirect assistance
- Is there an ethical difference between euthanasia and (physician-)assisted suicide?
- Characteristics of the euthanasia definition
- «Terminating» life
- On «passive» euthanasia
- Ethical, political, epistemological and logical aspects of the definition
- What euthanasia is not
- Statistical data from around the world – and a remark on the idea of a «slippery slope»
- International developments 1973-2008
- Medicalised killing by omission, and on non-treatment decisions (NTDs)
- Intending vs. wishing for death
- Symptom control and hastening of death/shortening of life, and the «doctrine of double effect» (DDE)
- Terminal/palliative sedation (PS)
- Physicians’ attitudes, practices and experiences regarding euthanasia/PAS
- Patients’ attitudes towards, and requests for, euthanasia/PAS
- Palliative medicine and euthanasia/PAS: mutually exclusive or complementary?
- The argument from autonomy
- Concluding remarks
- References
Materstvedt LJ. (2008; in press) «Inappropriate conclusions in research on assisted dying». Journal of Medical Ethics; 34: ....
- Critique of: Battin MP, van der Heide A, Ganzini L et al. Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in «vulnerable» groups. J Med Ethics 2007; 33: 591-7.
Bosshard G, Materstvedt LJ. (2009; no date yet) «Medical and societal issues in euthanasia and assisted suicide». In: SAGE Handbook Series: Health Care Ethics in an Era of Globalisation. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc.
Materstvedt LJ. (2008; December) «Filosofers globale rolle i debatten om dødshjelp» [The global role of philosophers in the euthanasia debate] Omsorg. Nordisk tidsskrift for palliativ medisin; 4: ... .
- Denne artikkelen gir eksempler på hvordan enkelte toneangivende filosofer påvirker debatten og lovgivningsprosessen i Australia, USA og Storbritannia når det gjelder dødshjelp. En av disse er Mary Warnock, som har sete i det engelske House of Lords (Overhuset), og som er gjesteskribent i denne utgaven av Omsorg. Warnock mener at vi ikke bare burde ha en rett til å dø, men at det også finnes en plikt til å dø. Hennes posisjon blir analysert og forklart i lys av nyttefilosofi og rettighetsfilosofi.
- [This paper provides examples of how influential philosophers affect the debate and legislative process in Australia, USA and UK concerning euthanasia and assisted suicide. One of these is Mary Warnock, a member of the British House of Lords, whom we have invited to write for us in the present issue of Omsorg (“Care”). Warnock thinks not just that we should have a right to die, but also that there is such a thing as a duty to die. Her position is analysed and explained in the light of utilitarianism and rights theories.]
Materstvedt LJ, Husebø S. (2008; December) «Plikt til å dø?» [A duty to die?] Omsorg. Nordisk tidsskrift for palliativ medisin; 4: 1-2.