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.