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Euthanasia : Experiences and Insights of Belgian Doctors and Nurses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devos, Timothy.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword 1
  • Foreword 2
  • The Failure to Present "the Full Story"
  • Range of Disciplines and Experiential Knowledge
  • Issues Raised by Legalized Euthanasia
  • Expansion and Normalization Through Giving Priority to Autonomy
  • Suicide and Social Contagion
  • Euthanasia is Incompatible with Palliative Care
  • Loving Accompaniment Until Natural Death
  • The "Mystery of Death"
  • Conclusion
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • About the Editor
  • 1: The Slippery Slope Syndrome
  • 1.1 The Decriminalization of Euthanasia
  • 1.2 Ignorance About Palliative Care
  • 1.3 The Trivialization of Euthanasia
  • 1.4 A Perverted Sense of Duty
  • 1.5 Suffering and Silence
  • 1.6 The Economic Context
  • 1.7 Euthanasia in the Psychiatric Context
  • 1.8 After Euthanasia
  • 1.9 The Euthanasia of Minors
  • 1.10 The Euthanasia of Remorse
  • References
  • 2: The Doctor Turned into an Instrument
  • 2.1 The Therapeutic Alliance
  • 3: When Conscience Wavers. Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium
  • 3.1 The Embarrassment of the Law
  • 3.2 Euthanasia: Medical Act or Transgression?
  • 3.3 Euthanasia as Transgression
  • 3.4 Between Law and Conscience: Euthanasia and Moral Integrity
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: Euthanasia for Unbearable Psychological Suffering
  • 4.1 What Does the Law Say?
  • 4.2 A Lack of Prospect of Improvement of the Medical Situation
  • 4.3 Incurable Disorder
  • 4.4 Persistent and Unbearable Psychological Suffering
  • 4.5 What Is Empathy?
  • 4.6 Decision-Making Capacity
  • 4.7 Conclusion
  • 4.8 The Long and the Short of Mrs. Jeanine's Story
  • References
  • 5: People Facing the Question of Euthanasia: Patients, Family and Friends, Healthcare Workers
  • 5.1 Personal Suffering
  • 5.2 Physical Suffering
  • 5.3 Psychological Suffering
  • 5.4 Emotional and Relational Suffering.
  • 5.5 Existential and Spiritual Suffering
  • 5.6 How Can One Respond to a Request for Euthanasia?
  • 5.7 The Reaction of Family and Friends to a Request for Euthanasia
  • 5.8 How Can the Medical Staff Act or React to a Request for Euthanasia?
  • References
  • 6: Surrendering to or Inducing Death: Artificial Feeding as Paradigm
  • 6.1 Framework of this Reflective Study
  • 6.1.1 Case #1-Madame B. 73 Years Old
  • 6.1.2 Case #2-Madame F. 90 Years Old
  • 6.1.3 Case #3-Madame J. 68 Years Old
  • 6.2 Why Use Feeding Tubes? What Criteria Prevailed? How Efficient Are they? How Did we Come to Adopt these Protocols?
  • 6.3 First Approach of the Ethical Question
  • 6.4 Distinguishing between Ordinary and Extraordinary
  • 6.5 Three Levels of Ethical Judgment
  • 6.6 Madame B. or the "Disproportioned Deemed Ordinary"
  • 6.7 Madame F. or the "Proportionate Turned Doubtful (Optional) and Deemed Extraordinary"
  • 6.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: The Meaning of Suffering or the Meaning of Life Despite Suffering
  • 7.1 Viktor Frankl: The Question of Meaning at the Heart of Medicine
  • 7.2 How Can We Apply Viktor Frankl's Theories to Helping Patients?
  • 7.2.1 First Pathway: Accomplishment Through Love
  • 7.2.2 Second Pathway: Accomplishment Through a Meaningful Life
  • 7.2.3 Third Pathway: Knowing How to Deal with Suffering
  • 7.3 What Happens in a Country Where Euthanasia Has Been Decriminalised?
  • References
  • 8: Resisting
  • 8.1 The Request for Euthanasia
  • 8.2 Family Pressure
  • 8.3 Explaining Euthanasia
  • 8.4 The Trap of 'Integrated' Palliative Care
  • 8.5 Sedation: Misunderstandings and Confusion
  • 8.6 Palliative Care: A Hospital Paradigm
  • 8.7 Contradiction and Ambiguity
  • Reference
  • 9: Behind the Scenes of Euthanasia
  • 9.1 Distress of the Healthcare Worker
  • 9.2 Euthanasia: A 'De-Humanising' Act.
  • 9.3 When Conscience Competes Against Law and Bureaucracy
  • 9.4 Euthanasia, a Stage in Accepting One's Illness
  • 9.5 Euthanasia as a Wake-Up Call from Indifference
  • 9.6 Sedation: Palliative Practise or Hypocrisy?
  • 9.7 When Trust Meets Professional Integrity
  • Correction to: When Conscience Wavers. Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium
  • Correction to: T. Devos (ed.), Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56795-8
  • Postface
  • Brief List of Health-Care Terms for the Non-specialist.

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