TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snyder,Carrie L.
TI  - Euthanasia
T2  - Opposing viewpoints series
SN  - 9780737729337
AV  - R726.S675.E984 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Euthanasia
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Medical ethics
N1  - 2; Why consider opposing viewpoints?  --; Introduction --; Is euthanasia ethical?  --; Chapter preface --; Christianity condemns voluntary euthanasia; Chris Armstrong --; Christianity should condone voluntary euthanasia; John Shelby Spong --; Euthanasia relieves suffering; South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society --; Euthanasia distorts the meaning of mercy; Trudy Chun; Marian Wallace --; Euthanasia enhances personal freedom; Thomas Preston; Martin Gunderson; David J. Mayo --; Euthanasia undermines personal freedom; John Shelby Keown  --; Periodical bibliography --; Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?  --; Chapter preface --; Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm society; Margaret Somerville --; Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would reduce harm to society; Roger S. Magnusson --; Improved end-of-life care would make assisted suicide unnecessary; Ira Byock; Steve Gordon --; Improved end-of-life care would not make assisted suicide unnecessary; Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin --; Legalizing assisted suicide would make killing too easy; Matthew Parris --; Legalizing assisted suicide is premature; Yvonne Mak; Glyn Elwyn; Ilora G. Finlay  --; Periodical bibliography --; Would legalizing voluntary euthanasia lead to abuses?  --; Chapter preface --; Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia; John Keown --; Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia; Jocelyn Downie --; Oregon's assisted suicide experience : safeguards do not work; Oregon Right to Life --; Legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon has not led to abuses; Death with Dignity National Center --; Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would harm the disabled; Barry Corbet --; Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not harm the disabled; David J. Mayo; Martin Gunderson  --; Periodical bibliography --; When should life support be stopped?  --; Chapter preface --; Feeding tubes should be removed from patients in a persistent vegetative state; John Collins Harvey --; Feeding tubes should not be removed from patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state; Wesley J. Smith --; Doctors should stop treatment that is futile; Kevin T. Keith --; Doctors should not deny wanted treatment; Lynn Vincent --; Living wills allow patients to control when life support stops; Ruthe C. Ashley --; Living wills fail to give patients control over life support; Angela Fagerlin; Carl E. Schneider  --; Periodical bibliography  --; For further discussion  --; Organizations to contact  --; Bibliography  --; Index; 2
N2  - 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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