Regulating How We Die - The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide (Paperback, New)

The Supreme Court in America has ruled that states may prohibit physician-assisted suicide. This text assembles experts in the field of medical ethics to provide an account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and for the historical, empirical and legal perspectives on this complicated issue. Questions are addressed here including: what does mercy dictate? is it a justification for killing? does physician-assisted suicide honour or violate autonomy? is it more dignified than natural death? is this decision purely a private matter? and will legalizing physician-assisted suicide put us on a slippery slop toward involuntary euthanasia? The text analyzes data taken from Holland, in an attempt to learn from the only country in which physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are legal.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1998
First published:	June 1998
Editors:	Linda L. Emanuel
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	585
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-66654-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Euthanasia
LSN:	0-674-66654-2
Barcode:	9780674666542

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