Euthanasia : : Experiences and Insights of Belgian Doctors and Nurses.

• Author: Devos, Timothy.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (124 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Foreword 1
• Foreword 2
• The Failure to Present "the Full Story"
• Range of Disciplines and Experiential Knowledge
• Issues Raised by Legalized Euthanasia
• Expansion and Normalization Through Giving Priority to Autonomy
• Suicide and Social Contagion
• Euthanasia is Incompatible with Palliative Care
• Loving Accompaniment Until Natural Death
• The "Mystery of Death"
• Conclusion
• Contents
• About the Authors
• About the Editor
• 1: The Slippery Slope Syndrome
• 1.1 The Decriminalization of Euthanasia
• 1.2 Ignorance About Palliative Care
• 1.3 The Trivialization of Euthanasia
• 1.4 A Perverted Sense of Duty
• 1.5 Suffering and Silence
• 1.6 The Economic Context
• 1.7 Euthanasia in the Psychiatric Context
• 1.8 After Euthanasia
• 1.9 The Euthanasia of Minors
• 1.10 The Euthanasia of Remorse
• References
• 2: The Doctor Turned into an Instrument
• 2.1 The Therapeutic Alliance
• 3: When Conscience Wavers. Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium
• 3.1 The Embarrassment of the Law
• 3.2 Euthanasia: Medical Act or Transgression?
• 3.3 Euthanasia as Transgression
• 3.4 Between Law and Conscience: Euthanasia and Moral Integrity
• 3.5 Conclusion
• References
• 4: Euthanasia for Unbearable Psychological Suffering
• 4.1 What Does the Law Say?
• 4.2 A Lack of Prospect of Improvement of the Medical Situation
• 4.3 Incurable Disorder
• 4.4 Persistent and Unbearable Psychological Suffering
• 4.5 What Is Empathy?
• 4.6 Decision-Making Capacity
• 4.7 Conclusion
• 4.8 The Long and the Short of Mrs. Jeanine's Story
• References
• 5: People Facing the Question of Euthanasia: Patients, Family and Friends, Healthcare Workers
• 5.1 Personal Suffering
• 5.2 Physical Suffering
• 5.3 Psychological Suffering
• 5.4 Emotional and Relational Suffering.
• 5.5 Existential and Spiritual Suffering
• 5.6 How Can One Respond to a Request for Euthanasia?
• 5.7 The Reaction of Family and Friends to a Request for Euthanasia
• 5.8 How Can the Medical Staff Act or React to a Request for Euthanasia?
• References
• 6: Surrendering to or Inducing Death: Artificial Feeding as Paradigm
• 6.1 Framework of this Reflective Study
• 6.1.1 Case #1-Madame B. 73 Years Old
• 6.1.2 Case #2-Madame F. 90 Years Old
• 6.1.3 Case #3-Madame J. 68 Years Old
• 6.2 Why Use Feeding Tubes? What Criteria Prevailed? How Efficient Are they? How Did we Come to Adopt these Protocols?
• 6.3 First Approach of the Ethical Question
• 6.4 Distinguishing between Ordinary and Extraordinary
• 6.5 Three Levels of Ethical Judgment
• 6.6 Madame B. or the "Disproportioned Deemed Ordinary"
• 6.7 Madame F. or the "Proportionate Turned Doubtful (Optional) and Deemed Extraordinary"
• 6.8 Conclusion
• References
• 7: The Meaning of Suffering or the Meaning of Life Despite Suffering
• 7.1 Viktor Frankl: The Question of Meaning at the Heart of Medicine
• 7.2 How Can We Apply Viktor Frankl's Theories to Helping Patients?
• 7.2.1 First Pathway: Accomplishment Through Love
• 7.2.2 Second Pathway: Accomplishment Through a Meaningful Life
• 7.2.3 Third Pathway: Knowing How to Deal with Suffering
• 7.3 What Happens in a Country Where Euthanasia Has Been Decriminalised?
• References
• 8: Resisting
• 8.1 The Request for Euthanasia
• 8.2 Family Pressure
• 8.3 Explaining Euthanasia
• 8.4 The Trap of 'Integrated' Palliative Care
• 8.5 Sedation: Misunderstandings and Confusion
• 8.6 Palliative Care: A Hospital Paradigm
• 8.7 Contradiction and Ambiguity
• Reference
• 9: Behind the Scenes of Euthanasia
• 9.1 Distress of the Healthcare Worker
• 9.2 Euthanasia: A 'De-Humanising' Act.
• 9.3 When Conscience Competes Against Law and Bureaucracy
• 9.4 Euthanasia, a Stage in Accepting One's Illness
• 9.5 Euthanasia as a Wake-Up Call from Indifference
• 9.6 Sedation: Palliative Practise or Hypocrisy?
• 9.7 When Trust Meets Professional Integrity
• Correction to: When Conscience Wavers. Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium
• Correction to: T. Devos (ed.), Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56795-8
• Postface
• Brief List of Health-Care Terms for the Non-specialist.