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Euthanasia - A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Euthanasia - A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Contemporary World Issues
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This timely work is a balanced overview of end-of-life issues
related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.Physician-assisted
suicide is not only a crime in most U.S. states, it is also a
blistering controversy. One side insists that no one, including the
patient, has the right to decide when and how death should occur.
The other side contends that patients should have the option to
choose assisted suicide as a means of ending life.Except for the
Oregon Death with Dignity Act, there are no U.S. laws that allow
physicians to assist patients in hastening death. Many who support
physician-assisted suicide ask, Why not? After all, the Netherlands
permits both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and polls
suggest that many Americans want that choice available to
them.Euthanasia: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition explores that
question through a balanced, thoughtful discussion of the legal,
medical, and spiritual components of end-of-life questions. What
are the potential pitfalls of legalizing assisted suicide? How can
the expenses of a lingering death impact an uninsured family? How
would physician-assisted suicide impact healthcare costs? Through
its objective exploration of these issues, as well as its
historical and international perspective, this volume helps readers
answer the difficult questions related to the end of life.
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