Today's news is full of stories about "suicide machines," and physician-assisted death. Can physician-assisted death be accepted as a reasonable ethical choice? Or must a patient's pain and suffering be prolonged in order to preserve life, without regard to the quality of that life? A mind-opening new book from Humana Press, Physician-Assisted Death provides seven articles by leading authorities examining the medical, ethical, legal, and philosophical issues involved in physician-assisted death and scrutinizing the principal arguments for and against it. The analysis includes an examination of public opinion polls and surveys of physicians, an exploration of the impact on both society and the physician-patient relationship, and a discussion of the relationship between physician-assisted death and the right to privacy as recognized by the Supreme Court and common law. This important book adds new dimensions to America's fascination with the activities of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and the worldwide interest in physician-assisted death evidenced by its legalization in the Netherlands. This book significantly advances the level of the discussion on this vitally important topic.
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Well-organized, competent discussions of ethical and practical arguments...chapters are clearly written and easy to read...a necessary introduction for intelligent decision-making. - Canadian Medical Association Journal
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Among the arguments against legalizing voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, there is one yet to be scrutinized in the literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonnecessity argument, prior committee review, cryonic treatment, legalized euthanasia, voluntary euthanasia, cryogenic suspension, assisted death, legalizing euthanasia, active euthanasia, terminal pain, rational suicide, constitutional privacy, unrelieved pain, competent patients, assisting suicide Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Engl, United States, Supreme Court, Bill of Rights, Jack Kevorkian, Howard Brody, Oxford University Press, Hastings Center Report, Timothy Quill, Chicago Tribune, Issues Law Med, Jean Elbaum, Missouri Department of Health, National Hospice Study, Pain Symptom Manage, World Health Organization, Columbia University Press, Edward Arnold, National Opinion, New Hampshire, Prometheus Books, Research Center Don't Know, Superior Court New!
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Among the arguments against legalizing voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, there is one yet to be scrutinized in the literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonnecessity argument, prior committee review, cryonic treatment, legalized euthanasia, voluntary euthanasia, cryogenic suspension, assisted death, legalizing euthanasia, active euthanasia, terminal pain, rational suicide, constitutional privacy, unrelieved pain, competent patients, assisting suicide Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Engl, United States, Supreme Court, Bill of Rights, Jack Kevorkian, Howard Brody, Oxford University Press, Hastings Center Report, Timothy Quill, Chicago Tribune, Issues Law Med, Jean Elbaum, Missouri Department of Health, National Hospice Study, Pain Symptom Manage, World Health Organization, Columbia University Press, Edward Arnold, National Opinion, New Hampshire, Prometheus Books, Research Center Don't Know, Superior Court New!
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- Management of Terminal Disease by Dame Cicely Saunders on page 43, and page 45
- Regulating Death: Euthanasia and the Case of the Netherlands by Carlos F. Gomez in Front Matter, and page 44
- Descartes: Discourse On Method by Laurence J. Lafleur on page 148
- Ethical Issues in Suicide (1st Edition) by Margaret Pabst Battin on page 129
- Public Policy by Christopher A. Simon on page 150
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- Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide by Margaret A. Somerville on 4 pages
- Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice by Dr. Timothy E. Quill MD on page 144, and page 330
- Mental Illness and Public Health Care (Biomedical Ethics Reviews) (Biomedical Ethics Reviews (closed)) by James M. Humber in Front Matter
- Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide by Michael Manning in Back Matter
- Bioethics: A Systematic Approach by Bernard Gert in Back Matter
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