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Assisted suicide /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Balkin, Karen, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2005]
Series:Current controversies.
Subjects:
Assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Assisted suicide > Social aspects.
Right to die > Social aspects.
Euthanasia > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • IS ASSISTED SUICIDE ETHICAL? YES: ASSISTED SUICIDE IS ETHICAL: Allowing competent people to commit suicide is ethical / Robert Young
  • Assisted suicide is compassionate / Richard T. Hull
  • Assisted suicide promotes personal autonomy / Betty Rollin
  • The elderly view assisted suicide as a way to protect their dignity / Prem S. Fry
  • NO: ASSISTED SUICIDE IS NOT ETHICAL: Assisted suicide distorts the meaning of mercy / Trudy Chun and Marian Wallace
  • Assisted suicide distorts the meaning of personal autonomy / Jerome R. Wernow
  • Legalizing assisted suicide would harm women / Sidney Callahan
  • SHOULD ASSISTED-SUICIDE DECISIONS BE MADE BY THE STATES: YES: ASSISTED-SUICIDE DECISIONS SHOULD BE MAKE BY THE STATES: Allowing the states to make assisted-suicide decisions will not harm America / Michael C. Dorf
  • States have the authority to allow the use of federally controlled substances for physician-assisted suicide / Robert E. Jones
  • The federal government's attempt to ban assisted suicide threatens federalism / Nelson Lund
  • The executive branch's attempt to ban assisted suicide threatens democracy / J. Paul Oetken
  • NO: ASSISTED-SUICIDE DECISIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE BY THE STATES: States do not have the authority to allow the use of federally controlled substances for physician-assisted suicide / International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
  • Allowing states to violate federal laws by legalizing assisted suicide subverts medical ethics / Wesley J. Smith
  • Assisted-suicide decisions made by the states threaten human life protections / National Right to life Committee and Oregon Right to Life
  • States do not have the authority to exempt physicians from federal laws / Christopher Hook
  • WOULD LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE HARM AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE? YES: LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE WOULD HARM AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE: Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm the care of terminally ill patients / Ezekiel J. Emanuel
  • Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would lead to abuses / Marilyn Golden
  • Legalizing assisted suicide would lead to involuntary killing / Oregon Right to Life
  • Assisted suicide would be mandated for economic reasons / Wesley J. Smith
  • Legalizing assisted suicide would damage the physician-patient relationship / Physicians for compassionate Care
  • NO: LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE WOULD NOT HARM AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE: Legalizing assisted suicide would help physicians reduce suffering of terminally ill patients / Peter Rogatz
  • Legalizing assisted suicide has improved the care of terminally ill patients / Linda Ganzini
  • Assisted suicide will not lead to involuntary euthanasia / Donald E. Lee
  • HOW DOES THE WORLD VIEW ASSISTED SUICIDE? : Worldwide approval for assisted suicide is increasing / Gerald A. Larue
  • Most Dutch physicians endorse assisted suicide / Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen et al.
  • Dutch physicians increasingly oppose assisted suicide / F. P. Tros
  • Most Canadians want physician-assisted suicide legalized / Bob Lane
  • Canadian doctors reject physician-assisted suicide / Richard A. MacLachlan and Philip C. Hebert
  • Assisted suicide should be legalized in England / Mary Warnock
  • British physicians oppose assisted suicide / Right to Life UK.