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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Psychosocial Issues (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

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Samuel Greenberg, MD
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide:
Psychosocial Issues

(Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1997) 164 pages
(ISBN: 0-398-06785-6; hardcover)
(Library of Congress call number: R726.G74 1997)

This is an open-minded book on the right-to-die
written by a psychiatrist.
He does not break any new ground.
But he does not prejudge any of the difficult cases he discusses.

The following summary of the contents shows the wide-range of this book:
Ch. 1 a good summary of the issues and the sides taken.
Ch. 2 a good summary of the high-profile cases of the previous 20 years.
Ch. 3 experiences in other countries: Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany.
Ch. 4 learning from the practices of veterinarians.
Ch. 5 physicians' attitudes are divided,
but moving in the direction of the right-to-die.
Ch. 6 legal aspects: definitions.
Ch. 7 religion, morals, & bioethics.
Ch. 8 the hospice movement.
Ch. 9 the right-to-die societies.
Ch. 10 a case of a severely defective newborn.
Ch. 11 looking toward the future.

To discover other like-minded books, search the Internet for:
"Books on the Right-to-Die".

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