Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- 1. The legal status of end-of-life practices: A comparative introduction -- 2. Protecting life and assisting death: Is not allowing assisted dying a violation of the right to life? -- 3. Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment: Does the prohibition on assisted suicide violate Article 3? -- 4. The right to choose the manner and timing of one's death: A re-examination of the ban's proportionality
5. Justifying the blanket ban on assisted suicide: Considering the empirical evidence -- 6. Differential treatment of end-of-life practices: Discrimination under Article 14 of the ECHR? -- Conclusions -- Index
