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Giving Death a Helping Hand Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An International Perspective /

If it comes to choosing between methods of last resort for severely suffering, physician-assisted suicide will probably prove more acceptable as a method of last resort than active euthanasia both to patients, to legislators and to the general public. From the perspective of patients, physician-assi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Birnbacher, Dieter (Editor ), Dahl, Edgar (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 38
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy
  • Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?
  • Slippery Slopes and Physician-Assisted Suicide
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Medical Associations
  • Safe, Legal, Rare? Physician-Assisted Suicide and Cultural Change in the Future
  • Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking, Terminal Sedation, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Voluntary Active Euthanasia
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide - An International Perspective
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Netherlands and Belgium
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide and the German Criminal Law
  • Physician-Assisted Death An Australian Perspective
  • Assisted Dying: The View from the United Kingdom
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide - Narratives from Professional and Personal Experience
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Doctor's Perspective
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide in Switzerland: A Personal Report
  • The European Convention on Human Rights Protects the Right to Suicide.