Giving Death a Helping Hand : Physician-assisted Suicide, Terminal Sedation and Public Policy, an International Perspective (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine) <Vol. 38>

Notably in Switzerland and Germany, the attitudes of public bodies towards physician-assisted suicide are in a process of change, partly motivated by the wish to take the edge off the pressure for legalisation of active euthanasia.The present volume focuses on public policy issues related to physician-assisted suicide.