A Concise History Of Euthanasia

Author : Ian Dowbiggin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0742531112

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A Concise History of Euthanasia by Ian Dowbiggin Pdf

In this first book to explore the history of euthanasia worldwide since classical antiquity, distinguished historian Ian Dowbiggin exposes the many disturbing themes that link present and past in the concept of the right to die. His deeply informed history traces the controversial record of mercy killing, a source of heated debate among doctors and laypeople alike. Dowbiggin examines evolving opinions about what constitutes a good death, taking into account the societal and religious values placed on sin, suffering, resignation, judgment, penance, and redemption. He also examines the bitter struggle between those who advocate for the right to compassionate and effective end-of-life care and those who justify euthanasia by defining human life in terms of biological criteria, utilitarian standards, a faith in science, humane medical treatment, the principle of personal autonomy, or individual human rights. The author considers both the influence of technological and behavioral changes in the practice of medicine and the public's surprising lack of awareness of death's many clinical and biological dimensions. Dowbiggin reminds us that the stakes in the struggle are enormously high, with the lives of countless vulnerable people hanging in the balance. His provocative historical perspective will be indispensable as patients, families, governments, and the medical community debate when it is time to let go of life. Bound to spark controversy, this book takes issue with the right-to-die movement over the question of legalizing either assisted suicide or actual lethal injection (mercy-killing) and raises profound personal and collective questions on the future of euthanasia.

Author : James C. Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521875882

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A Concise History of the Netherlands by James C. Kennedy Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive yet compact history of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country, from pre-history to the present.

Author : N. D. A. Kemp
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Euthanasia
ISBN : 0719061245

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Merciful Release by N. D. A. Kemp Pdf

Aiming to provide a comprehensive study of the British euthanasia movement, Kemp draws upon diverse historical issues which illustrate the persistant failure of attempts to legalize euthanasia in the United Kingdom.

Author : Timothy Devos
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030567958

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Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story by Timothy Devos Pdf

This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice of euthanasia. They share their experiences and reflections born out of their confrontation with requests for euthanasia and end-of-life support in a country where euthanasia has been decriminalized since 2002 and is now becoming a trivial topic.Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death present the other side of a reality needs to be evaluated more rigorously.Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives, this though-provoking and original book is intended not only for caregivers but also for anyone who questions the meaning of death and suffering, as well as the impact of a law passed in 2002. Presenting real-world cases and experiences, it highlights the complexity of situations and the consequences of the euthanasia law.This book appeals to palliative care providers, hematologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, nurses and health professionals as well as researchers, academics, policy-makers, and social scientists working in health care. It is also a unique resource for those in countries where the decriminalization of euthanasia is being considered. Sometimes shocking, it focuses on facts and lived experiences to challenge readers and offer insights into euthanasia in Belgium.

Author : Shai J. Lavi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400826773

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The Modern Art of Dying by Shai J. Lavi Pdf

How we die reveals much about how we live. In this provocative book, Shai Lavi traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. Lavi begins with the historical meaning of euthanasia as signifying an "easeful death." Over time, he shows, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Lavi illustrates these changes with compelling accounts of changes at the deathbed. He takes us from early nineteenth-century deathbeds governed by religion through the medicalization of death with the physician presiding over the deathbed, to the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Unlike previous books, which have focused on law and technique as explanations for the rise of euthanasia, this book asks why law and technique have come to play such a central role in the way we die. What is at stake in the modern way of dying is not human progress, but rather a fundamental change in the way we experience life in the face of death, Lavi argues. In attempting to gain control over death, he maintains, we may unintentionally have ceded control to policy makers and bio-scientific enterprises.

Author : Neal Nicol,Harry Wylie
Publisher : Terrace Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299217132

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Between the Dying and the Dead by Neal Nicol,Harry Wylie Pdf

Dr. Jack Kevorkianthe enigmatic and intrepid physician dubbed Dr. Deathhas for years declined public interviews about his life and the events that led him to be a vehement advocate of doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. But here, finally, is his own life story, as told to Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. Dr. Kevorkian gained international notoriety in the 1990s for his passionate advocacy of choice for terminal patients, who have increasingly won the right to decide the time, place, and method of their own death in several western countries. In 1998, he assisted Thomas Youk, a terminally ill patient suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease, with a lethal injection that was broadcast on CBS's 60 Minutes. Immediately thereafter, Kevorkian was arrested, charged with second-degree murder, tried, and sentenced to 10-25 years in Michigan's maximum-security prison system. Today, Dr. Kevorkian is in his late seventies and in failing health himself. He shares an eight-by-twelve-foot cell with another inmate in the Thumb Correctional Facility at Lapeer, Michigan. The unique story Prisoner Number 284797 shares far exceeds the battle to legalize euthanasia and end human suffering for terminal patients. Personal choice is really what it is all about. Quality of life, as opposed to maintaining existence (Kevorkian to Vanity Fair, 1994)Co-published with Vision, U.K.

Author : Michael Manning (M.D.)
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Assisted suicide
ISBN : 0809138042

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Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide by Michael Manning (M.D.) Pdf

A concise overview of the history and arguments surrounding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

Author : Demetra M. Pappas
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313341885

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The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate by Demetra M. Pappas Pdf

This revealing volume explores recent historical perspectives on the modern euthanasia and assisted-suicide debate and the political arenas in which it has unfolded. • Case studies explain contemporary legal techniques in the handling of euthanasia and assisted-suicide prosecutions, including those involving doctors, nurses, and family members • A chronology shows political events and major cases of medical euthanasia and assisted suicide over the past 100 years • A glossary explains key terms, such as "causation," "intent," "palliative care," and "double effect" • An interdisciplinary bibliography cites significant materials from the fields of history, law, and sociology, as well as major medical journal articles

Author : Doris L. Bergen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742557161

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War and Genocide by Doris L. Bergen Pdf

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, the revised, second edition of War and Genocide discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the handicapped, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide—purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space—and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including first hand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, the book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

Author : John M. Carroll
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742574694

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A Concise History of Hong Kong by John M. Carroll Pdf

When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The book explores Hong Kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where Chinese history, British colonial history, and world history intersect. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of Hong Kong's reintegration with China, and significant developments and challenges since 1997.

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780307787910

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Life's Dominion by Ronald Dworkin Pdf

Internationally renowned lawyer and philosopher Ronald Dworkin addresses the crucially related acts of abortion and euthanasia in a brilliantly original book that examines their meaning in a nation that prizes both life and individual liberty. From Roe v. Wade to the legal battle over the death of Nancy Cruzan, no issues have opened greater rifts in American society than those of abortion and euthanasia. At the heart of Life's Dominion is Dworkin's inquest into why abortion and euthanasia provoke such controversy. Do these acts violate some fundamental "right to life"? Or are the objections against them based on the belief that human life is sacred? Combining incisive moral reasoning and close readings of indicidual court decisions with a majestic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution itself, Dworkin gives us a work that is absolutely essential for anyone who cares about the legal status of human life.

Author : Sylvia Neely
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : France
ISBN : 0742534111

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A Concise History of the French Revolution by Sylvia Neely Pdf

This concise yet rich introduction to the French Revolution explores the origins, development, and eventual decline of a movement that defines France to this day. Through an accessible chronological narrative, Sylvia Neely explains the complex events, conflicting groups, and rapid changes that characterized this critical period in French history. She traces the fundamental transformations in government and society that forced the French to come up with new ways of thinking about their place in the world, ultimately leading to liberalism, conservatism, terrorism, and modern nationalism. Throughout, the author focuses on the essential political events that propelled the Revolution, at the same time deftly interweaving the intellectual, social, diplomatic, military, and cultural history of the time. Neely explains how the difficult choices made by the royal government and the revolutionaries alike not only brought on the collapse of the Old Regime but moved the nation into increasingly radical policies, to the Terror, and finally to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Written with clarity and nuance, this work offers a deeply knowledgeable understanding of the political possibilities available at any given moment in the course of the Revolution, placing them in a broad social context. All readers interested in France and revolutionary history will find this an engaging and rewarding read.

Author : Wesley J. Smith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Assisted suicide
ISBN : 0812927907

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Forced Exit by Wesley J. Smith Pdf

Exposing the false premise of the euthanasia movement to make a compelling case against assisted suicide, "Forced Exit" reveals the horrors of the Netherlands, where 8.5 percent of all deaths are attributed to assisted suicide and where Dutch doctors have rapidly moved from euthanizing the terminally ill to killing infants with birth defects.

Author : Thomas F. Madden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0742538222

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The New Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden Pdf

In this sweeping yet crisp history, the author offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the Crusades and their contemporary relevance.

Author : Roland Chia
Publisher : Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Euthanasia
ISBN : 9789814270090

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The Right to Die? by Roland Chia Pdf