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Contemporary Perspectives on Rational Suicide (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) [Paperback]

James L. Werth (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 3, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0876309376 | ISBN-13: 978-0876309377 | Edition: 1

This text brings together spokespersons from several different disciplines who can present their arguments for or against rational suicide as a viable concept and, consequently, a realistic option.

The pros and cons of the discussion format bring the readers to search for their beliefs, and the final decision of acceptance or rejection of the concept is left to each individual reader.

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This text brings together spokespersons from several different disciplines who can present their arguments for or against rational suicide as a viable concept and, consequently, a realistic option.

The pros and cons of the discussion format bring the readers to search for their beliefs, and the final decision of acceptance or rejection of the concept is left to each individual reader.

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Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 3, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0876309376
ISBN-13: 978-0876309377
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
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3.0 out of 5 stars "RATIONAL SUICIDE"? PRO AND CON, September 16, 2010

James L. Park "James Leonard Park" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Contemporary Perspectives on Rational Suicide (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) (Paperback)

James L Werth, Jr., editor
Contemporary Perspectives on Rational Suicide

(Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1999) 236 pages
(ISBN: 0-87630-936-8; hardcover)
(ISBN: 0-87630-937-6; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: RC569.C66 1999)

Thirty paired articles (pro & con) from various perspectives
such as law, medicine, psychology, sociology, philosophy, & religion
deal with the question of 'rational suicide'.

This collection is a good snap-shot of the state of the debate
about the right-to-die in the last decade of the 20th century.
The contributors were carefully selected
to represent the points of view of people in each profession.

What this book lacks is any break-thru thinking.
No genuinely-new views or arguments appear.
But the book now represents the background discussion,
which could be the foundation for better thinking in the 21st century.

If you would like to discover other books on voluntary death,
search the Internet for this exact expression:
"Books on Voluntary Death".

James Leonard Park, advocate of the right-to-die with careful safeguards.

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First Sentence:
Rational suicide as a concept is hotly debated yet often misunderstood. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rational suicide, certified death educator, person considering suicide, suicide advocates, realistic world view, protective guidelines, suicide requests, suicidal mind, hopeless illness, death education, assisted dying, suicide survivors, sisted suicide, social policy statement, suicidal person, physician assistance, suicidal people, terminal patients

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Supreme Court, Fourteenth Amendment, Ninth Circuit, Ethical Culture, Jack Kevorkian, Hemlock Society, Edwin Shneidman, President's Commission, Roman Catholic, American Psychiatric Association, Chapman Dick, District Court, Elizabeth Bouvia, Janet Adkins, Joe Cruzan, Michigan Commission, Social Policy Statement, Derek Humphry, Dignity Act, New Testament, Principal Investigators, Second Circuit, American Association of Suicidology

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This book cites 43 books:

Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition by Derek Humphry on 4 pages
Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge by Timothy E. Quill on page 152
The City of God by Dorothy F. Donnelly in Back Matter
Introduction to Educational Gerontology (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Ronald H. Sherron in Front Matter
The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde on page 80

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Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America by Wesley J. Smith in Back Matter
The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care by Kathleen M. Foley in Back Matter
Music of the Soul: Composing Life Out of Loss by Joy S. Berger in Front Matter
To Die in Cuba: Suicide and Society (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series) by Louis A. Perez Jr. in Back Matter
The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care by Kathleen M. Foley in Back Matter

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