TY - CHAP AU - Dominique A. Lossignol AU - Cristina Dumitrescu ED - Josef Kuře Y1 - 2011-09-15 PY - 2011 T1 - Euthanasia, Dignity, Autonomy - A Reflection on Medicine N2 - No one really wants to die, or do they? From classical times to our post-modern era of medical high tech, societies have struggled with the thorny issue of euthanasia, and what it entails. Who shall be entitled to a "good death" and in what form shall it arrive? This book provides the reader with insight and enlightenment on the medical, philosophical, social, cultural and existential aspects of "good death" amid our digitized, individualized and ageing society, hampered by rising health care costs but unchained from one standardized level of care. BT - Euthanasia SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/18056 DO - 10.5772/18056 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -