Giving death a helping hand physician assisted suicide and public policy an international perspective. From the perspective of patients physician assisted suicide is a more unambiguous expression of the patients autonomous will from the legislators perspective it seems less liable to misuse and abuse and often the availability of assisted suicide instead of shortening the life of a patient has proved to prolong it public policy has begun to respond to this prospect notably in switzerland and germany the attitudes of public bodies towards physician assisted suicide are in a process . Giving death a helping hand physician assisted suicide and public policy an international perspective editors view affiliations dieter birnbacher edgar dahl book 16 citations 3 mentions 40k downloads part of the international library of ethics law and the new medicine book series lime volume 38 log in to check access buy ebook usd 16900 instant download readable on all . Decouvrez et achetez giving death a helping hand physician assisted suicide and public policy an international perspective livraison en europe a 1 centime seulement . Giving death a helping hand physician assisted suicide and public policy an international perspective reviewed by c christopher hook md edited by dieter birnbacher and edgar dahl 157 pp 129 new york ny springer telephone 800 777 4643 2008 isbn 978 1 4020 6495 1