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Final Wishes (Paperback)
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Final Wishes (Paperback)
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Description: Patrick is dying a slow, agonizing death. He wants his
friend, Dr. Ron Grey to help him-but not to help him get better.
Instead Patrick wants Ron to help him end his suffering by helping
him end his life.This is the premise of a story that Paul
Chamberlain employs to reveal the ethical and emotional
complexities of a movement that is gaining supporters daily. It is
a story that sends Ron Grey on a difficult journey across a
continent and through a minefield of conflicting ideas and
values.Should people have a legal right to choose the time of their
death? Can adequate safeguards be employed to protect the public
from potential abuses of physician-assisted suicide laws? What does
it mean for people to die with dignity? Will people feel an
obligation not to burden their families with their prolonged
illness? What has been the experience in the Netherlands, which has
had a physician-assisted suicide law for over twenty-five years?
What about the possibility of misdiagnosis? Is there a legitimate
public interest in what appears to be a purely private act? Can
morality be legislated at all?All of these vital issues are clearly
and carefully considered. Yet as we move through the legal,
political, medical and ethical questions, we also see the personal
side of these topics played out in the context of a caring family
and a deep friendship. Here is a timely and helpful book on one of
the most controversial concerns of our day.About the
Contributor(s): Paul Chamberlain is associate professor of ethics
and political philosophy at Trinity Western University in Langley,
British Columbia. He is also the author of Can We Be Good Without
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