Regulating How We Die - The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

Addressing the subject of euthanasia, medical ethicist Dr. Linda Emanuel assembles testimony from leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia--but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complex and often heart-rending issue.

List of contents

Part 1 Considerations in favour: helping desperately ill people to die, Marcia Angell; is a physician ever obligated to help a patient die, Margaret P. Battin; harming, healing and euthanasia. Erich H. Loewy. Part 2 Considerations against: the false promise of beneficent killing, Edmind D. Pellegrino; facing assisted suicide and euthanasia in children and adolescents, Susan M. Wolf; religious viewpoints, James F. Childress. Part 3 Perspectives: factual findings, Paul van der Maas and Linda L. Emanuel; why now?, Ezekiel J. Emanuel; the bell tolls for a right to suicide, George J. Annas; a question of balance, Linda L. Emanuel.

About the author

Linda L. Emanuel is Vice President for Ethics Standards of the American Medical Association.

Summary

Dr. Linda Emanuel--one of America's most influential medical ethicists--has assembled leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complicated issue.

Product details

• Authors: Emanuel
• Assisted by: Linda L. Emanuel (Editor), Emanuel Linda L. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.1998
• EAN: 9780674666542
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66654-2
• Weight: 435 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, Niederlande, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Soziologie: Sterben und Tod, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Humanitäres Recht, Medizinethik, Standesregeln, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, MEDICAL / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Right to Die, Netherlands, United States of America, USA, International humanitarian law, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Public international law: humanitarian law, Ethical issues: euthanasia and right to die, Ethical Issues: Euthanasia & Right To Die