Euthanasia And The Right To Die

Author : Jennifer M. Scherer,Rita James Simon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0847691675

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Euthanasia and the Right to Die by Jennifer M. Scherer,Rita James Simon Pdf

Sensitive and high-profile public policy issues often benefit from being considered in comparative perspective. Here, euthanasia and the right to die are examined in the context of the social, legal, and religious settings of a wide range of countries. The authors employ public opinion data, where available, to illustrate the great disparity between approval of physician-assisted suicide and the general illegality of the practice. Ultimately, making and implementing laws to ensure a responsible right to die_as the U.S. has been struggling with in Oregon, Michigan, and elsewhere_will be informed by experiences in such places as the Netherlands, Australia, and the only country in the world where euthanasia is a clear-cut medical option: Colombia.

Author : James M. Humber,Robert F. Almeder,Gregg A. Kasting
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994-02-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781592594481

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Physician-Assisted Death by James M. Humber,Robert F. Almeder,Gregg A. Kasting Pdf

Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.

Author : Jonathan Moreno
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780684807607

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Arguing Euthanasia by Jonathan Moreno Pdf

The proliferation of life-prolonging technology in recent years has made the controversy over the "right to die" and physician-assisted suicide one of the most explosive medical and ethical issues of our day. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's "suicide machine" has commanded front-page coverage for several years, while in 1994 Oregon passed a measure allowing the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescriptions for suicide, and other states have placed similar proposals on their ballots.

Author : Robert N. Wennberg
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0802804543

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Terminal Choices by Robert N. Wennberg Pdf

A discussion of the moral, religious, legal, and personal issues surrounding euthanasia, suicide, and the right to die.

Author : John Wyatt
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783593880

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Right To Die? by John Wyatt Pdf

The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances? There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us to navigate the arguments with hearts and heads engaged, and above all with our Bibles open. There are practical and compassionate alternatives to assisted suicide, and as many who have gone before us have found, the end of our lives on this earth may turn out to be a strange and wonderful opportunity for growth and internal healing.

Author : Derek Humphry
Publisher : ERGO Bookstore
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0976828316

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The Good Euthanasia Guide by Derek Humphry Pdf

The Good Euthanasia Guide is a 'where-to' and 'why' book which complements the 'how-to- of Final Exit. It contains an annotated list of every right-to-die group in the world, and a unique account of the assisted suicide laws in almost every country, a filmography and a bibliography. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and work are reported in three chapters.

Author : Katie Engelhart
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250201478

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The Inevitable by Katie Engelhart Pdf

“A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism, [The Inevitable] explores what might be called the right-to-die underground, a world of people who wonder why a medical system that can do so much to try to extend their lives can do so little to help them end those lives in a peaceful and painless way.”—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker More states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. But even where these laws exist, they leave many people behind. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours—far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. It also shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the “euthanasia underground.” Katie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the right to die debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at “DIY Death” workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably—of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish—and saw suicide as their only option. Spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, The Inevitable offers a deeply reported and fearless look at a morally tangled subject. It introduces readers to ordinary people who are fighting to find dignity and authenticity in the final hours of their lives.

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761429484

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The Right to Die by Rebecca Stefoff Pdf

Argues both sides of the debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Author : Robert Orfali
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781936780181

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Death with Dignity by Robert Orfali Pdf

In this book the author makes a case for legalized physician-assisted dying. Using the latest data from Oregon and the Netherlands, he puts a new slant on perennial debate topics such as "slippery slopes," "the integrity of medicine," and "sanctity of life." This book provides an in-depth look at how we die in America today. It examines the shortcomings of our end-of-life system. You will learn about terminal torture in hospital ICUs and about the alternatives: hospice and palliative care. The author scrutinizes the good, the bad, and the ugly. He provides a critique of the practice of palliative sedation. The book makes a strong case that assisted dying complements hospice. By providing both, Oregon now has the best palliative-care system in America. This book, above all, may help you or someone you care about navigate this strange landscape we call "end of life." It can be an informed guide to "a good death" in the age of hospice and high-tech medical intervention.

Author : Leonard J. Bahlman,Geraldine D. Nowak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Death
ISBN : MINN:31951002831766W

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Euthanasia and the Right to Die by Leonard J. Bahlman,Geraldine D. Nowak Pdf

Author : A. B. Downing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39076000466297

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Euthanasia and the Right to Death by A. B. Downing Pdf

Author : Ian Robert Dowbiggin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780195154436

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A Merciful End by Ian Robert Dowbiggin Pdf

This is the first full history of the euthanasia movement in the U.S. It tells for the first time the dramatic story of those reformers who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's attidues towards mercy-killing and assisted suicide. Original, wide-ranging in scope, but sensitive to the personal dimensions of euthanasia. A Merciful End is an illuminating and cautionary account of tension between motives and methods within twenty-century social reform, providing a refreshingly new perspective on an old debate.

Author : Margaret Otlowski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198259964

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Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law by Margaret Otlowski Pdf

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Author : Margaret A. Somerville
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780773522015

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Death Talk by Margaret A. Somerville Pdf

"Argues that people who promote the legalization of euthanasia ignore the vast ethical, legal and social differences between euthanasia and natural death. Permitting euthanasia, Somerville demonstrates, would cause irreparable harm to respect for human life and society." --Cover.

Author : David C. Thomasma,Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner,G.L Kimsma,C. Ciesielski-Carlucci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780306468636

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Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia by David C. Thomasma,Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner,G.L Kimsma,C. Ciesielski-Carlucci Pdf

claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient’s unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeure" 4 which recognizes extenuating circumstances such as conflicts of duty. The acquittal was upheld by the Lower Court of Alkmaar, but revoked by an Amsterdam court of appeal. The case went on to the Supreme Court, but before the Supreme Court's decision was issued, the Royal Dutch Medical Association (RDMA) attempted to clarify the criteria for euthanasia that many within the profession already accepted. The RDMA proposed that physicians be permitted to perform euthanasia provided that a set of procedures had been met. Variously stated, the guidelines contain the following central provisions: Voluntary, competent, explicit, and persistent requests on the part of the • patient; Requests based on full information; • The patient is in a situation of intolerable and hopeless suffering (either • physical or mental); No further acceptable alternatives to euthanasia. All alternatives • acceptable to the patient for relief of suffering having been tried; Consultation with at least one other physician whose judgment can be • 5 expected to be independent. Indirectly, these guidelines became the criteria prosecutors used to decide whether or not to bring charges.