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Medically assisted death

Author: Robert Young, Ph. D.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Does a competent person suffering from a terminal illness or enduring an otherwise burdensome existence, who considers his life no longer of value but is incapable of ending it, have a right to be helped to die? Should someone for whom further medical treatment would be futile be allowed to die regardless of expressing a preference to be given all possible treatment? These are some of the questions that are asked  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Named Person: s.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Young, Ph. D.
ISBN: 9780521880244 0521880246 9780521706162 0521706165
OCLC Number: 154682300
Description: viii, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death --
Medical futility --
Physician-assisted suicide --
The sanctity of human life --
Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying --
Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death --
Competence and end-of-life decision making --
Advance directives --
Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments --
Non-voluntary euthanasia --
Concluding remarks.
Responsibility: Robert Young.
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A wide-ranging discussion of the morality and legality of medically assisted death.  Read more...

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"...engagingly and clearly written, and contains a number of interesting observations on a range of issues central to the euthanasia debate." -John Keown, Georgetown University, Notre Dame Read more...

 
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