Euthanasia /  [print] 
Carrie L. Snyder, book editor. 
 - Detroit :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)2006. 
 - 269 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Opposing viewpoints series .
 - Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Why consider opposing viewpoints?  --  Introduction --  Is euthanasia ethical?  --  Chapter preface --  Christianity condemns voluntary euthanasia  Christianity should condone voluntary euthanasia  Euthanasia relieves suffering  Euthanasia distorts the meaning of mercy  Euthanasia enhances personal freedom  Euthanasia undermines personal freedom  Periodical bibliography --  Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?  --  Chapter preface --  Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm society  Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would reduce harm to society  Improved end-of-life care would make assisted suicide unnecessary  Improved end-of-life care would not make assisted suicide unnecessary  Legalizing assisted suicide would make killing too easy  Legalizing assisted suicide is premature  Periodical bibliography --  Chris Armstrong --  John Shelby Spong --  South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society --  Trudy Chun  Marian Wallace --  Thomas Preston,  Martin Gunderson,  David J. Mayo --  John Shelby Keown  --  Margaret Somerville --  Roger S. Magnusson --  Ira Byock,  Steve Gordon --  Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin --  Matthew Parris --  Yvonne Mak,  Glyn Elwyn,  Ilora G. Finlay  --  Would legalizing voluntary euthanasia lead to abuses?  --  Chapter preface --  Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia  Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia  Oregon's assisted suicide experience : safeguards do not work  Legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon has not led to abuses  Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would harm the disabled  Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not harm the disabled  Periodical bibliography --  When should life support be stopped?  --  Chapter preface --  Feeding tubes should be removed from patients in a persistent vegetative state  Feeding tubes should not be removed from patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state  Doctors should stop treatment that is futile  Doctors should not deny wanted treatment  Living wills allow patients to control when life support stops  Living wills fail to give patients control over life support  Periodical bibliography  --  For further discussion  --  Organizations to contact  --  Bibliography  --  Index.  John Keown --  Jocelyn Downie --  Oregon Right to Life --  Death with Dignity National Center --  Barry Corbet --  David J. Mayo  Martin Gunderson  --  John Collins Harvey --  Wesley J. Smith --  Kevin T. Keith --  Lynn Vincent --  Ruthe C. Ashley --  Angela Fagerlin  Carl E. Schneider  -- 
<br/><br/> Presents arguments on both sides of the issue of euthanasia, including questions regarding ethics and legality, physician-assisted suicide, living wills, and removing life support from patients in a persistent vegetative state. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780737729337 9780737729344 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005055110 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101301972  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Euthanasia.<br/>Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Medical ethics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.S675.E984 2006 R726