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Assisted Suicide: Theory and Practice in Elective Death (Hardcover)

by C. G. Prado (Author), S. J. Taylor (Author) "Court cases in the United States and Canada, and attendant media coverage, have transformed assisted suicide from an unspoken practice to a pressing social issue..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York Times, United States, Arthur Caplan (more...)
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Book News, March 2000
"[the authors] bring light to such elements as the criteria for rational suicide, making a genuine and unimpaired choice, and the famous slippery slope."

About the Author
C.G. Prado is professor of philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and author of THE LAST CHOICE: PREEMPTIVE SUICIDE IN ADVANCED AGE.

S.J. Taylor is a bioethicist on the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University and a clinical ethicist at the Kingston General Hospital. She has published a number of articles on end-of-life and gender issues and professional ethics.

Product Details
  • Hardcover: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Humanity Books; 1 edition (July 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573926345
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573926348
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,346,404 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Court cases in the United States and Canada, and attendant media coverage, have transformed assisted suicide from an unspoken practice to a pressing social issue. Read the first page
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New York Times, United States, Arthur Caplan, The Kevorkian Verdict, Van Biema, Karen Ann Quinlan, North America
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