Euthanasia in the Netherlands: The Policy and Practice of Mercy Killing

Acknowledgments. Introduction.
Preliminaries: Comparative Law.
Part A: Background. 1: The Three Research Reports of 1990, 1995 and 2001, and Their Interpretations. 2: The Practice of Euthanasia and the Legal Framework.
Part B: Fieldwork. 3: The Methodology.
Phase I: The Interviews. 4: Why the Netherlands? 5: Views on the Practice of Euthanasia. 6: Worrisome Data. 7: The Remmelink Contention and the British Criticism. 8: Should Physicians Suggest Euthanasia to Their Patients? 9: Breaches of the Guidelines. 10: On Palliative Care and the Dutch Culture. 11: On Legislation and the "Chabot" Case.
Phase II: Interviewees' General Comments. a. Preliminaries. b. General Comments.
Phase III: Updates. a. Preliminaries. b. On the New Act. c. On the Work of the Regional Committees. d. Further Concerns.
Part C: Conclusion. a. Preliminaries. b. Suggestions for Improvement.
Appendix I: Interviews in the Netherlands (Summer 1999).
Appendix II: Interviews and Telephone Conversations in the Netherlands (Summer 2001). Appendix III: Interviews in the Netherlands (April 2002).
Index: General.
Index: Court Cases.