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Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice

Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice

Author: Ben P. White
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781802204346
Published In: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This unique Research Handbook examines voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws through the lens of regulatory theory. It sheds light on interdisciplinary perspectives and outlines policy debates around the revision and implementation of these laws.

Ben P. White brings together global experts to discuss the law and practice of VAD in all permitting jurisdictions. They explore contested questions about eligibility, including access for minors, those with mental disorders and those who express feeling ‘tired of life’, as well as examining how best to regulate this practice. Chapters delve into case studies across the Americas and Europe of medical assistance in dying and euthanasia, addressing holistic approaches, as well as the matter of organ and tissue donation. The Research Handbook also evaluates key factors in policymaking, such as choice and autonomy, conscience, palliative care, disability rights, feminism and First Nations’ experiences.

Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice is a vital resource for students and academics in human rights law and health law. Health and legal practitioners, administrators and policymakers will also greatly benefit from its breadth of insights into VAD.

Preface xix'

An introduction to voluntary assisted dying law, regulation and practice 1'

Ben P. White

PART I INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING LAW, REGULATION AND PRACTICE'

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands 11'

Liselotte Postma, Agnes van der Heide and Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen'

Euthanasia in Belgium and Luxembourg 25'

Madeleine Archer, Kenneth Chambaere and Luc Deliens'

Assisted suicide in Switzerland 47'

Brigitte Tag'

Assisted dying in Germany 58'

Lutz Eidam and Sanela Starčević'

Assisted suicide in Austria 71'

Klara Doppler and Maria Kletečka-Pulker'

Euthanasia legislation in Spain: examining law, cases, and future debates 78'

Sergio Ramos Pozón'

Medically assisted dying in Portugal 86'

Sónia Fidalgo'

Assisted suicide in Italy 93'

Gianluca Montanari Vergallo, Nicola Di Fazio and Paola Frati'

10.

Assisted dying in the United States 102'

Thaddeus Mason Pope'

11.

Medical assistance in dying in Canada 116'

Eliana Close and Jocelyn Downie'

12.

Voluntary assisted dying in Australia 130'

Ben P. White, Lindy Willmott, Rachel Feeney, Katherine Waller and Katrine Del Villar '

13.

Assisted dying in New Zealand 143'

Jeanne Snelling and Jessica Young'

14.

Medically assisted dying in Colombia 150'

Esther de Vries, Ana Isabel Gómez-Córdoba and Julieta Moreno-Molina'

15.

Recent developments: assisted dying in Peru, Cuba and Ecuador 161'

Katrine Del Villar

PART II FRONTIERS OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING LAW, REGULATION AND PRACTICE'

16.

Access to assisted dying on the basis of mental disorder 175'

Mona Gupta'

17.

Access to assisted dying by minors 196'

Luc Deliens, Kasper Raus, Tania Pastrana and Kenneth Chambaere'

18.

Between precedent autonomy and the patient’s best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests 210'

Naïma Hamrouni and Jocelyn Maclure'

19.

Access to assisted dying for older persons on the basis of being ‘tired of life’ 228'

Els Van Wijngaarden'

20.

Medical aid in dying, decisional capacity, and supported decision making 246'

Megan S. Wright'

21.

Organ and tissue donation and assisted dying 260'

Kim Wiebe, Fiona Slater, Vanessa Silva e Silva, Amina Silva, Ken Lotherington, Matthew J. Weiss and James Downar

PART III REGULATION AND SOCIETAL CONTROL OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING'

22.

Holistic approaches to regulation of voluntary assisted dying 274'

Ben P. White'

23.

Models of oversight systems to regulate assisted dying 294'

Patricia Haitink and Emily Jackson'

24.

The role of empirical research and evaluations in regulating assisted dying 309'

Kenneth Chambaere, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide and Luc Deliens'

25.

Are there ‘slippery slopes’ in assisted dying? 327'

James Downar

PART IV RETHINKING CONCEPTIONS OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING'

26.

Rethinking the concept of choice in assisted dying 341'

Jessica Young and Els Van Wijngaarden'

27.

Conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying by health professionals 359'

Lindy Willmott, Louise Keogh, Casey M. Haining, Rosalind McDougall and Ben P. White'

28.

Institutional refusal to permit assisted dying 375'

L.W. Sumner'

29.

Is there a human right to assisted dying? 390'

Katrine Del Villar'

30.

Feminist approaches to assisted dying 408'

Jennifer Parks'

31.

Disability and medical aid in dying 422'

Brent Kious and Claire Bolt'

32.

Assisted dying and palliative care 438'

James Downar, Danielle Kain, Susan MacDonald and Sandy Buchman'

33.

Indigenous perspectives on regulating assisted dying: views from Canada and Australia 451'

Constance MacIntosh'

34.

Assisted dying considerations for racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse populations 468'

Cindy L. Cain'

35.

Social determinants of health and assisted dying with special considerations related to prisoners 480'

Jessica Shaw

PART V THE FUTURE OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING'

36.

The future of voluntary assisted dying 497'

Ben P. White

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