What the law Allows: Legal Aspects of Active Euthanasia on Request in the Netherlands (IN: Euthanasia: the Good of the Patient, the Good of Society, ed. by R I Misbin)

This chapter discusses the legal aspects of active euthanasia in the Netherlands. The author points out the right to die is only recognized to a limited extent in Dutch law. The law & its application is reviewed, questions relating to further limits on voluntary euthanasia are raised, & a discussion of prosecution & changing the law concludes the chapter. (3 refs.)