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Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

Title
  1. Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / Margaret Somerville.
Published by
  1. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.
Author
  1. Somerville, Margaret A.

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Description
  1. xix, 433 : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Euthanasia
  2. Euthanasie
  3. Aide au suicide
  4. Suicide, Assisted
  5. Assisted suicide
  6. Bioethical Issues
Contents
  1. 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.
  2. 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 of 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.
  3. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.