Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- I -- II -- CHAPTER 2 A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER 3 Medical futility -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER 4 Physician-assisted suicide -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- CHAPTER 5 The sanctity of human life -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 6 Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 7 Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER 8 Competence and end-of-life decision making -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 9 Advance directives -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER 10 Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 11 Non-voluntary euthanasia -- I -- II -- III -- CHAPTER 12 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index of English-language legal cases -- Index of names and subjects.