Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia

by David C. Thomasma

claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient's unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeure" 4 which recognizes extenuating circumstances such as conflicts of duty. The acquittal was upheld by the Lower Court of Alkmaar, but revoked by an Amsterdam...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079235186X
• ISBN13: 9780792351863
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"