Euthanasia and assisted suicide : global views on choosing to end life /
Euthanasia and assisted suicide : global views on choosing to end life / [print]
Michael J. Cholbi, PhD, editor.
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, (c)2017.
- ix, 409 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
History, practice, and law. -- Physician-assisted dying and the law in the United States: a perspective on three prospective futures Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales Euthanasia and assisted suicide: attitudes and policies in Mexico Suffering, compassion, and freedom: Mahayana Buddhism and East Asian attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia Continental perspective on assisted suicide and euthanasia Christian perspectives on assisted dying: an issue for religious ethics Ethics and policy. -- Ethical evaluation of euthanasia in the Islamic tradition Argument in favor of the morality of voluntary medically assisted death Limiting the right to die: Moral logic, professional integrity, societal ethos Respect for personal autonomy in the justification of death-hastening choices Intention, permissibility, and the consistency of traditional end-of-life care Assisted dying and palliation Capacity and assisted dying Advance directives for euthanasia Pediatric euthanasia Traveling for assisted suicide Arthur G. Svenson ; Rahael Cohen-Almagor ; -- Asuncion Alvarez del Rio, Julieta Gomez Avalos, Isaac Gonzalez Huerta ; -- Brett Barleyman ; Jack Simmons ; -- Lloyd Steffen -- Tuba Erkoc Baydar, Ilhan Ilkilic ; Robert Young ; -- Courtney S. Campbell ; -- Paul T. Menzel ; -- Joseph Boyle ; -- Ben A. Rich ; -- Colin Gavaghan ; -- Eric Volgelstein ; -- Jacob M. Appel ; -- I. Glenn Cohen.
This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures.
9781440836794
2016033838
101706172 DNLM
Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia--ethics.
Euthanasia--legislation & jurisprudence.
Suicide, Assisted--ethics.
Suicide, Assisted--legislation & jurisprudence.
Attitude to Death.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
R726.C547.E984 2017 R726
Includes bibliographies and index.
History, practice, and law. -- Physician-assisted dying and the law in the United States: a perspective on three prospective futures Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales Euthanasia and assisted suicide: attitudes and policies in Mexico Suffering, compassion, and freedom: Mahayana Buddhism and East Asian attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia Continental perspective on assisted suicide and euthanasia Christian perspectives on assisted dying: an issue for religious ethics Ethics and policy. -- Ethical evaluation of euthanasia in the Islamic tradition Argument in favor of the morality of voluntary medically assisted death Limiting the right to die: Moral logic, professional integrity, societal ethos Respect for personal autonomy in the justification of death-hastening choices Intention, permissibility, and the consistency of traditional end-of-life care Assisted dying and palliation Capacity and assisted dying Advance directives for euthanasia Pediatric euthanasia Traveling for assisted suicide Arthur G. Svenson ; Rahael Cohen-Almagor ; -- Asuncion Alvarez del Rio, Julieta Gomez Avalos, Isaac Gonzalez Huerta ; -- Brett Barleyman ; Jack Simmons ; -- Lloyd Steffen -- Tuba Erkoc Baydar, Ilhan Ilkilic ; Robert Young ; -- Courtney S. Campbell ; -- Paul T. Menzel ; -- Joseph Boyle ; -- Ben A. Rich ; -- Colin Gavaghan ; -- Eric Volgelstein ; -- Jacob M. Appel ; -- I. Glenn Cohen.
This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures.
9781440836794
2016033838
101706172 DNLM
Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia--ethics.
Euthanasia--legislation & jurisprudence.
Suicide, Assisted--ethics.
Suicide, Assisted--legislation & jurisprudence.
Attitude to Death.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
R726.C547.E984 2017 R726