title: Euthanasia: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Contemporary World Issues)
author:  Jennifer Fecio McDougall 
description: "McDougall's and Gorman's book is recommended for school and public libraries." - <strong>ARBA</strong><br /><br />"Recommended. All academic, medical, and large public libraries; all levels." - <strong>Choice</strong><br /><br />"The second updated edition of <i>Euthanasia</i> is a recommended pick for high school to college-level libraries" - <strong>Midwest Book Review</strong>
zlib_text: Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective
  Assessing the Dutch Experience
  This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch 
  euthanasia experience over the last three decades. In contrast to most 
  books about euthanasia, which are written by authors from countries 
  where the practice is illegal and therefore practiced only secretly, this 
  book analyzes empirical data and real-life clinical behavior. Its essays 
  were written by the leading Dutch scholars and clinicians who shaped 
  euthanasia policy and who have studied, evaluated, and helped regu-
  late it. Some of them have themselves practiced euthanasia. The book 
  will contribute to the world literature on physician-assisted death by 
  providing a comprehensive examination of how euthanasia has been 
  practiced and how it has evolved in one specific national and cul-
  tural context. It will greatly advance the understanding of euthanasia 
  among both advocates and opponents of the practice.
  Stuart J. Youngner, MD, is the 