Asking to die : inside the Dutch debate about euthanasia / edited by David C. Thomasma [and others].

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1998], ©1998.

xviii, 584 pages ; 25 cm

Part I: Toward a Dutch compromise: perspectives from government, law, medicine, and academia -- Introduction: Reexamining "thou shalt not kill" -- Section one: Structuring the public policy debate -- Section two: Current commentary -- Part II: Living with euthanasia: physicians and families speak for themselves -- Introduction: Reexamining "do no harm" -- Section one: Physician stories -- Euthanasia at home -- Euthanasia in an institutional setting -- Public cases and issues -- Section two: Family stories -- Part III: Euthanasia: promises and perils.

Includes bibliographical references and index