Explaining the emergence of euthanasia law in the Netherlands
How the Sociology of Law Can Help the Sociology of Bioethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heleen Weyers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 802-816 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00543.x |
| PMID | 17184419 |
| OpenAlex | W2160483917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 20 |
The debate over the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia is most often seen to be the result of three changes in society: individualisation, diminished taboos concerning death and changes in the balance of power in medicine. The fact that these changes occurred in many western countries but led to legalisation in only a few makes this claim problematic. I examine whether socio-legal propositions, with respect to the emergence of laws which focus on social control, offer a better approach to understanding the development of rules allowing and governing euthanasia. After a short sketch of the history of the Dutch law regulating euthanasia, I discuss these three societal changes in the light of shifts in the social control of medical behaviour that shortens life. I show that the Dutch relaxation of the prohibition of euthanasia goes together with new forms of social control: doctors' self control is complemented with second-party control (by patients), professional third-party control and governmental control. My work calls attention to the fact that bioethics is part of larger systems of social control
Bioethics · Control (management · Economics · Political science · Power (physics · Sketch · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of law · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |