Medical aid in dying under danish law: Mainly regarding living wills and other forms of renouncing life prolonging treatment

European Journal of Health Law

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-425

  Vestergaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0034485112     PISSN: 09290273     EISSN: 15718093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15718090020523287     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Associate Professor of Law, PhD, Department of Law, University of Copenhagen, Sankt Peders Stræde 19, DK-1453 Copenhagen K. E-mail address: Jorn.Vestergaard@jur.ku.dk. The author has been a member of the Danish Bioethical Council for five years. As chairman of a working group under the Council, he drafted the report Dødshjælp? En redegørelse. (Medical aid in dying? A Report), Copenhagen 1996.
2. See Moe & Schroll, Ugeskrift for Læger 1995; 156: 7014-7017.
3. Folker et al.: Bioethics 1996; 10: 233-249.
4. Subsequently, an article in Danish based on the same data was published: Norup et al: Nord Med 1998: 240-244,
5. The National Ethical Council, Dødshjælp? En redegørelse. (Medical aid in dying? A Report), Copenhagen 1996.