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- catalog abstract ""Negotiating a Good Death: Euthanasia in the Netherlands presents firsthand descriptions of euthanasia in practice in the Netherlands - something that has never been done before. This will provide a deeper understanding of the issues involved for all those interested in end-of-life decisions. Here is the first inside account of how decisions about euthanasia are made in real-life situations. Documenting two years of observations at a Dutch hospital, Negotiating a Good Death describes why patients request euthanasia, the social factors that influence doctors' decisions about granting patients' requests, and how patients and doctors confer over peaceful deaths."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12083721.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Negotiating a Good Death: Euthanasia in the Netherlands presents firsthand descriptions of euthanasia in practice in the Netherlands - something that has never been done before. This will provide a deeper understanding of the issues involved for all those interested in end-of-life decisions. Here is the first inside account of how decisions about euthanasia are made in real-life situations. Documenting two years of observations at a Dutch hospital, Negotiating a Good Death describes why patients request euthanasia, the social factors that influence doctors' decisions about granting patients' requests, and how patients and doctors confer over peaceful deaths."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface: Euthanasia in the Netherlands: twenty-five years of debate -- Acknowledgments -- Death and the anthropologist: on the problem of studying euthanasia -- Euthanasia according to the rules -- Where the responsibility lies -- The line between euthanasia and symptom alleviation -- Coping with pressure from the family -- A reflexive intermezzo -- Turning off Mr. Joost's respirator -- When doctors refuse a euthanasia request -- The negotiation process -- Unreported euthanasia -- The social context of euthanasia -- What is euthansia? -- Appendix: Euthanasia Declaration.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 253 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0789010801 (hard : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "078901081X (soft : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng dut".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Haworth Press,".
- catalog spatial "Netherlands.".
- catalog subject "179.7 21".
- catalog subject "2001 B-086".
- catalog subject "Assisted suicide Netherlands.".
- catalog subject "Euthanasia Netherlands.".
- catalog subject "R726 .P66 2000".
- catalog subject "Suicide, Assisted Netherlands.".
- catalog subject "W 50 P821v 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: Euthanasia in the Netherlands: twenty-five years of debate -- Acknowledgments -- Death and the anthropologist: on the problem of studying euthanasia -- Euthanasia according to the rules -- Where the responsibility lies -- The line between euthanasia and symptom alleviation -- Coping with pressure from the family -- A reflexive intermezzo -- Turning off Mr. Joost's respirator -- When doctors refuse a euthanasia request -- The negotiation process -- Unreported euthanasia -- The social context of euthanasia -- What is euthansia? -- Appendix: Euthanasia Declaration.".
- catalog title "Negotiating a good death : euthanasia in the Netherlands / Robert Pool.".
- catalog type "text".