Medically assisted death / Robert Young.
2007
R726 .Y64 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Medically assisted death / Robert Young.
Author
Young, Robert, Ph. D.
ISBN
9780521706162 (pbk.)
0521706165 (pbk.)
9780521880244
0521880246
0521706165 (pbk.)
9780521880244
0521880246
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
viii, 251 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
R726 .Y64 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
179.7
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-242) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death
Medical futility
Physician-assisted suicide
The sanctity of human life
Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying
Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death
Competence and end-of-life decision making
Advance directives
Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Concluding remarks.
A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death
Medical futility
Physician-assisted suicide
The sanctity of human life
Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying
Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death
Competence and end-of-life decision making
Advance directives
Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Concluding remarks.