International perspectives on end-of-life law reform politics, persuasion and persistence

Much has been written about whether end-of-life law should change and what that law should be. However, the barriers and facilitators of such changes - law reform perspectives - have been virtually ignored. Why do so many attempts to change the law fail but others are successful? International Persp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, Ben (Editor), Willmott, Lindy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:Cambridge bioethics and law
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • End-of-life law reform : context and challenges
  • The path from Rodriguez to Bill C-14 and beyond: Lessons about MAiD 14 and Beyond: Lessons about MAiD law reform from Canada
  • The extension of the Belgian euthanasia law to minors in 2014
  • The role of scientific evaluations of the Dutch termination of life on mination of Life on request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedure) Act : old law, new boundaries
  • The challenging path to voluntary assisted dying law reform in Australia : Victoria as a successful case study
  • Should assisted dying require the consent of a high court judge?
  • Aid in dying in the United States : past, present, and future
  • The medical regulator as law reformer : Quebec's Act respecting end-of-life care
  • Extrajudicial resolution of medical futility disputes : key factors in establishing and dismantling the Texas Advance Directives Act
  • How to change the law : challenging mandatory court Hearings for people in vegetative and minimally conscious states
  • Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatment and the relevance of patients' wishes : reforming the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • International perspectives on reforming end-of-life law