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The Right to Die with Dignity - An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,148
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The Right to Die with Dignity - An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law (Hardcover): Raphael Cohen-Almagor

The Right to Die with Dignity - An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law (Hardcover)

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

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There are few issues more divisive than what has become known as "the right to die." One camp upholds "death with dignity," regarding the terminally ill as autonomous beings capable of forming their own judgment on the timing and process of dying. The other camp advocates "sanctity of life," regarding life as intrinsically valuable, and believes that it should be sustained for as long as possible. Is there a right answer? Raphael Cohen-Almagor takes a balanced approach in analyzing this emotionally charged debate, viewing the dispute from public policy and international perspectives. His study is an interdisciplinary, compelling study in medicine, law, religion, and ethics. With a comprehensive look at the troubling question of whether physician-assisted suicide should be allowed, Cohen-Almagor delineates a distinction between active and passive euthanasia and discusses legal measures that have been invoked in the United States and abroad. He outlines reasons why nonblood relatives should be given a role in deciding a patient's last wishes. As he examines euthanasia policies in the Netherlands and the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act, the author suggests amendments and finally makes a circumscribed plea for voluntary physician-assisted suicide. Raphael Cohen-Almagor has been the Fulbright-Yitzhak Rabin Scholar and a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law and department of communication. He is chairperson of library and information studies at the University of Haifa, and the author of The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance, Speech, Media and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression, and Euthanasia in the Netherlands.

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Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2001
First published: November 2001
Authors: Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-2986-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Euthanasia
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN: 0-8135-2986-7
Barcode: 9780813529868

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