Assisted suicide : Canadian perspectives /

When it became possible to extend the dying process, it became necessary to decide when to stop doing so because of the enormous personal and social costs. But perspectives on "assisted suicide" vary greatly. Physicians see it as a medical issue, jurists as a legal issue, philosophers as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Prado, C. G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press, 2000.
Colección:Collection Philosophica ; no. 51.
Temas:
Assisted suicide > Moral and ethical aspects > Canada.
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation > Canada.
Suicide, Assisted > legislation & jurisprudence
Aide au suicide > Aspect moral > Canada.
Aide au suicide > Droit > Canada.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation
Assisted suicide > Moral and ethical aspects
Canada
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Crossing the Line; Definitions and Moral Issues; Ambiguity and Synergism in "Assisted Suicide"; Simply Calling a Telephone an Elephant Won't Do; Death and the Law; Assisted Suicide, Ethics and the Law; Decision-making Capacity and Assisted Suicide; The Media Perspective; Bibliography; The Contributors.

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