Assisted suicide and the right to die: the interface of social science, public policy, and medical ethics

Chap. 1 History of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: philosophical, religious, and clinical contexts

Chap. 2 Legal status of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

Chap. 3 Do not resuscitate orders, living wills, and surrogate decision making

Chap. 4 Research issues in assisted suicide and euthanasia: methods and opportunities for future research

Chap. 5 Influence of depression and psychosocial factors on physician-assisted suicide

Chap. 6 The role of pain and other physical symptoms in the desire for hastened death

Chap. 7 End-of-life decision making

Chap. 8 Lessons learned from the Netherlands

Chap. 9 The Oregon experiment

Chap. 10 Where do we go from here?