Books in the Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur Deutsches, Europaisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitaten Heidelberg und Mannheim series

Prepared as a contribution to the '63 Deutscher Juristentag 2000' (63rd German lawyers'conference), this book focuses on the topic of 'patient autonomy at the end of life'. It contains 23 country reports, which present a picture of the national regulations in the field of private law to safeguard the autonomy of patients at the end of their life.