Palliative Care and Euthanasia

A collection of papers from the 1993 London Symposium on care for the seriously and terminally ill. The papers cover personal experience, research and philosophical debate, and deal with hospice care and palliative treatments as well as the moral, religious and legal aspects of euthanasia.

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The growing public discussion and concern about the way we treat the dying makes it increasingly important to examine the subject in a considered and thoughtful way. This collection of papers, taken from the 1993 London Symposium on care for the seriously and terminaly ill, covers personal experience, research and philosophical debate, deals with hospice care and palliative treatment as well as the moral, religious and legal aspects of euthanasia. In dealing with the UK situation, it also draws on the experience of practitioners in the Netherlands.