Medically Assisted Death
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Author
Publication
2007-11-26 - Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Word Count
65,000 words, Guess
Page Count
260 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemedicallyassiste00youn
- Internet Archiveevolvingpathways00mine_633
- Internet Archivemedicallyassiste0000youn
- ISBN-100521706165
- ISBN-139780521706162
and 5 more
- LibraryThing5956898
- Library of Congress Control Number2008295169
- OCLC Control Number154682300
- Better World Books9780521706162
- Open LibraryOL10436910M
Classifications
- LCCR726
- LCCR726 .Y64 2007
Description
"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 and answered in this wide-ranging discussion of both the morality of medically assisted death and the justifiability of making certain instances legal. A case is offered in support of the moral and legal permissibility of specified instances of medically assisted death, along with responses to the main objections that have been levelled against it. The philosophical argument is bolstered by empirical evidence from The Netherlands and Oregon where voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are already legal."--Jacket.
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