LibGuides: Selected Online Reading on Assisted Dying: E-articles

Search in EP Library Catalogue

Contact us

By email
Website

library@europarl.europa.eu

Website of the European Parliament Library
The EP Library provides online and on-site access to a wide range of material relevant to the work of the European Parliament. Its collection ranges from books, e-books and EP publications to news sources and journals, in electronic and print formats.

Selected e-articles

Secularity, abortion, assisted dying and the future of conscientious objection: modelling the relationship between attitudes; Morten Magelssen; BMC Med Ethics; 2019; Vol. 20; article 65
Abstract by the author: Controversies arise over abortion, assisted dying and conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards these bioethical dilemmas, and secularity and religiosity. Data were drawn from a 2017 web-based survey of a representative sample of 1615 Norwegian adults. Latent moderated structural equations modelling was used to develop a model of the relationship between attitudes. The resulting model indicates that support for abortion rights is associated with pro-secular attitudes and is a main “driver” for support for assisted dying and opposition to conscientious objection.
The issue of advanced healthcare planning in Ireland: euthanasia and assisted suicide; Matt Carere and Kieran Doran; Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland; 2014; pp. 29-39
The issue of advanced healthcare planning in Ireland: euthanasia and assisted suicide; Matt Carere and Kieran Doran; Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland; 2014; pp. 29-39
Abstract: Discusses, with reference to a research study, issues surrounding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Ireland. Outlines the legal position in Ireland, considering key legislative developments.
Comparing the Law and Governance of Assisted Dying in Four European Nations; Adam McCann; European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance; Vol. 2; Issue 1; 2015; pp. 37-92
Abstract by the author: This article provides a comparative law and governance insight to assisted dying in England, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, bringing together empirical studies of regulation and normative thinking about the role of the state. It follows the ‘new governance’ scholarly effort to challenge the conventional wisdom that regulation, especially in regard to controversial and publically sensitive policy issues, must be determined by top-down command and control rules. The question here is a straightforward, but fundamental one: to what extent do, and should, private actors contribute to the creation, application and enforcement of the law on assisted dying? Critical attention is paid to the differences that exist in the aforementioned nations and how they matter from a broader governance and policy-oriented perspective.
From Pretty to Nicklinson: changing judicial attitudes to assisted dying; Nataly Papadopoulou; European Human Rights Law Review; 2017; 3; pp. 298-307
Abstract: Discusses, with reference to the ruling in R. (on the application of Pretty) v DPP (HL) and the decision in R. (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (SC), how judicial attitudes to assisted dying are altering to focus on how, not whether, the law should change. Reviews the abolition of suicide as a crime, procedural guidance on encouraging suicide, and how banning assisted suicide may breach human rights law.
"Légaliser L’euthanasie ?" Ricot, Jacques. Études Juillet-Août.7 (2018): 31-42. Web.
Abstract by the author: L’ouverture des États généraux de la bioéthique, à l’orée de 2018, a été l’occasion d’inscrire à l’ordre du jour une question qui, initialement, n’y était pas prévue, celle de la fin de vie. Et c’est sous la seule figure de la possible légalisation de l’euthanasie que le débat se cristallise.
A Comparative Analysis of Voluntariness Safeguards and Review Procedure under Oregon and Netherlands' Physician Assisted Dying Laws; Michaela Estelle Okninski; Dalhousie Law Journal; Vol. 41(1); Spring 2018; pp. 121-152
Abstract by the author: This article provides a comparative statutory analysis of the requirements for a voluntary decision in a request for physician assisted dying under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act and the Netherlands’ Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act... The legislative safeguards aimed at protecting a voluntary decision are discussed. This is followed by an analysis of the review procedure.
Death with Dignity: The Legal Dilemmas of Euthanasia; Krzysztof Gorazdowski; Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa; 5/2018; pp. 164-177
Abstract by the author: Death with dignity is very often equated with euthanasia and assisted suicide, which are regulated as prohibited acts in articles 150 and 151 of the Polish Penal Code Act of 6 June 1997. However, the media discussion between supporters and opponents of legalization of euthanasia, which is heating up especially when there are cases of terminally ill people who publicly demand the right to a dignified death without pain and suffering, which would entail the decriminalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide in national law. In the European Union, there are no uniform solutions in this respect and each of the member countries can adapt its internal legislation to its own legal regulations. The article points to the definitions and types of death as a legal and medical event, an analysis of existing legal regulations in Polish law related to euthanasia and its variants including assisted suicide.

Sterbehilfe in Deutschland – mögliche Regelungsoptionen; Josef Franz Lindner; Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik; 3/2020; pp. 66-68

Abstract by the author: Das Recht auf selbstbestimmtes Sterben schließt die Freiheit ein, sich das Leben mit Hilfe dazu bereiter Dritter zu nehmen. § STGB § 217 StGB hat das BVerfG für nichtig erklärt. Welche Konsequenzen können aus diesem Urteil gezogen werden? Nachfolgend werden denkbare Regelungsoptionen für den Gesetzgeber aufgezeigt.

Die strafrechtlichen Grenzen der Suizidbegleitung; Michael Kubiciel; Neue Juristische Wochenschrift; 42/2019; pp. 3033-3036.

Further sources

Table of contents – Subscribe to this service to receive in your mailbox the table of contents and full text access of specialised journals, such as BMJ, Nursing ethics, BMC medical ethics, BMC palliative care, Bioethics, Journal of law and medicine, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, International journal of nursing studies, The American journal of medicine.
Online journal articles – You can access a broad collection of e-articles through our Ebscohost search engine, in particular on the topic of assisted dying from the database Medline, or via our EP Library Catalogue. If you are unable to access the book you need, please contact us and we will get it for you as soon as possible.

Selected Online Reading on Assisted Dying

Search in EP Library Catalogue

Contact us

Selected e-articles

Further sources

Journals on all devices

Books, articles, EPRS publications & more

Newspapers on all devices