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Against Physician Assisted Suicide - A Palliative Care Perspective (Paperback, 1 New Ed)
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Against Physician Assisted Suicide - A Palliative Care Perspective (Paperback, 1 New Ed)
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The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist
palliative care reject the legalisation of physician assisted
suicide (PAS). This book explores the reasons why the healthcare
professionals who have the most experience of caring for dying
patients should object to a change in the law. Debate about
euthanasia and PAS often arises in response to a well publicised
tragic case of unrelieved suffering. Such heart rending stories do
not reflect the fact that the majority of people dying have a
dignified death. There is a marked disparity between medical
intuitions and the philosophers' arguments about euthanasia and
PAS. It seems that part of the moral constitution of a doctor is a
commitment not to intend the death of a patient and to protect them
from harm. The perspective of those who are privileged to care for
thousands of dying patients and their families should inform the
debate about PAS.This book will enable those who are not working
within palliative care to gain an insight into the scope of this
speciality and to understand why legalisation of PAS should be
resisted to maintain and improve care of dying patients.
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