Death talk: the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
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1. Verfasser: Somerville, Margaret A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press c2001
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Euthanasia and the search for a new societal paradigm -- 1. Euthanasia, genetics, reproductive technologies, and the search for a new societal paradigm -- pt. 2. Evolution of the euthanasia controversy -- 2. Should the grandparents die? : allocation of medical resources with an aging population -- 3. The song of death : the lyrics of euthanasia -- 4. "Death talk" in Canada : the Rodriguez case -- 5. The definition of euthanasia : a paradoxical partnership -- 6. Legalizing euthanasia : why now? -- 7. Euthanasia by confusion -- 8 (a) Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a proposal / Torsten O. Nielsen -- 8 (b) Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a rejection of Nielsen's proposal -- 8 (c) Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a response to Somerville's rejection / Torsten O. Nielsen -- 8 (d) Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a response to Nielsen's response -- 9. Executing euthanasia : a review essay -- 10. Why aren't physicians interested in the ethics and law of euthanasia? : a conference report -- pt. 3. Untreated pain and euthanasia -- 11. Pain and suffering at interfaces of medicine and law -- 12. Ethics, law, and palliative treatment and care : the dying elderly person -- 13. The relief of suffering : human rights and medicine -- 14. Death of pain : pain, suffering, and ethics --
pt. 4. Respect for dying people and euthanasia -- 15 (a) Death at a New York hospital / Engelbert L. Schucking -- 15 (b) Searching for the governing values, policies, and attitudes : commentary on "Death at a New York hospital" -- 16 (a) Human dignity and disease, disability, suffering : a philosophical contribution to the euthanasia and assisted suicide debate / Sylvia D. Stolberg -- 16 (b) Unpacking the concept of human dignity in human(e) death : comments on "Human dignity and disease, disability and suffering" -- 17 (a) Prothanasia : personal fulfilment and readiness to die / Constantine John Falliers -- 17 (b) Taming the tiger : reflections on "Prothanasia : personal fulfilment and readiness to die" -- 18. Debating A gentle death : a review essay -- pt. 5. Euthanasia in the "public square" -- 19. Euthanasia in the media : journalists' values, media ethics, and "public square" messages -- 20. Euthanasia and the death penalty -- pt. 6. Ethical and legal "tools" in the euthanasia debate -- 21. Labels versus contents : variance between philosophy, psychiatry, and law in concepts governing decision-making -- 22. Human rights and human ethics : health and health care
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 433 p.)
ISBN:0773569316
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