Euthanasia and assisted suicide : global views on choosing to end life /

This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cholbi, Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Temas:
Euthanasia.
Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
Euthanasia, Active
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Euthanasie.
Aide au suicide.
Aide médicale à mourir.
suicides.
Health & personal development.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Assisted suicide
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Sociology: death & dying.
Psychology.
Society.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. History, practice, and law
  • Physician-assisted dying and the law in the United States : A perspective on three prospective futures
  • The Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales
  • Euthanasia and assisted suicide : Attitudes and policies in Mexico
  • Suffering, compassion, and freedom : Mahayana Buddhism and East Asian attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • The continental perspective on assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • Christian perspectives on assisted dying : An issue for religious ethics
  • pt. II. Ethics and policy
  • Ethical evaluation of euthanasia in the Islamic tradition
  • An argument in favor of the morality of voluntary medically assisted death
  • Limiting the right to die : Moral logic, professional integrity, societal ethos
  • Respect for personal autonomy in the justification of death-hastening choices
  • Intention, permissibility, and the consistency of traditional end-of-life care
  • Assisted dying and palliation
  • Capacity and assisted dying
  • Advance directives for euthanasia
  • Pediatric euthanasia
  • Traveling for assisted suicide.

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