Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- PART I PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW ON DIGNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION AT THE END OF LIFE -- Human Dignity: From Cornerstone in International Human Rights Law to Cornerstone in International Biolaw? -- The Right to Informed Consent at the Convergence of International Biolaw and International Human Rights Law -- Regulating Advance Directives at the Council of Europe -- La fin de la vie et le droit européen -- Assisted Suicide in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: A Matter of Life and Death -- A Private International Law Perspective: Conflict Rules in Advance Directives and Euthanasia Legislation -- PART II ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING AND EUTHANASIA IN COMPARATIVE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE -- Euthanasia Face of the Law in Latin America -- Legal Oversight of End-of-Life Treatment Decisions in United States Law -- A Comparative Perspective on Australian End-of-Life Law -- Les directives anticipées en France, un indice de consentement à effets limités -- The Legal and Ethical Dimensions of End-of-Life Decision-Making in Contemporary Ireland -- The Limits of Autonomy: Law at the End of Life in England and Wales -- Euthanasia in China: Some Issues in Harmonization -- Les directives anticipées en droit suisse -- Treatment Directives in the Netherlands: The Gap between Legal Regulation and Medical Practice -- Advance Directives in Spain -- Advance Directives and Legality of Euthanasia under German Law -- The Right to Die with Dignity: Socio-Legal Implications of the Right to a Dignified Life and Death in the Brazilian Experience -- PART III THE ONGOING DEBATE ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVES REGULATION IN ITALY.

Exploring Self-determination and Informed Consent in Advance Directives in Light of the Italian Legal System -- Non-negotiability of Ethical Values and Constitutional Democracy -- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in the Italian Criminal Code and in the Draft Law on "Advance Treatment Directives" -- The Interface between End-of-Life Care and Religious Rights: Legislation of a Christian or a Secular State? -- Annex: Italian Draft Bill On "Dispositions in Matter of Therapeutic Alliance, Informed Consent and Advance Treatment Directives"* -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.