Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care—Regulating Advance Directives in International and Comparative Perspective

The book emerged from the research project Bioethics and International Law at the Intersection of Life, Death, and Dignity conducted by the Observatory on Human Rights, an international network of academics that is anchored at the University of Salerno's law school. The overall themes are perspectives of international and European law on dignity and self-determination at the end of life; advanced directives, end-of-life decision-making; and euthanasia in comparative legal perspective; and the ongoing debate on advance directions regulation in Italy. Martinus Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stefania Negri, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International Law and of International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Salerno, is the founder and director of the “Observatory on Human Rights: Bioethics, Health, Environment”, a network of academic experts promoting international cooperation in teaching and research. She has published extensively on international human rights law, international health law and international procedural law.