Physician-assisted death /

Today's news is full of stories about "suicide machines, " and physician-assisted death. Can physician-assisted death be accepted as a reasonable ethical choice? Or must a patient's pain and suffering be prolonged in order to preserve life, without regard to the quality of that l...

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Other Authors:	Almeder, Robert F, Humber, James M, Kasting, Gregg A
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©1994
Series:	Biomedical ethics reviews 1993
Subjects:	Assisted suicide Euthanasia Medical ethics Right to die Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Attitude Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Civil Rights Clinical Laboratory Techniques Cryopreservation Cytological Techniques Data Collection Delivery of Health Care Demography Diagnosis Disease Environment and Public Health Epidemiologic Measurements Epidemiologic Methods Ethics Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Professional Euthanasia, Active Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Health Personnel Health Services Histocytological Preparation Techniques Histological Techniques Homicide Human Rights Humanities Information Science Investigative Techniques Jurisprudence Laboratory Techniques and Procedures Life Expectancy Morals Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena Named Groups Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Neurologic Manifestations Occupational Groups Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Patient Care Patient Rights Persons Phenomena and Processes Philosophy Physicians Population Characteristics Preservation, Biological Psychiatry and Psychology Psychological Phenomena and Processes Psychology, Social Psychophysiology Public Health Self-Injurious Behavior Sensation Signs and Symptoms Social Control, Formal Social Problems Social Sciences Sociology Specimen Handling Stress, Psychological Suicide Terminal Care Therapeutics Tissue Preservation Vital Statistics Aide au suicide Droit à la mort Euthanasie Malades en phase terminale Aufsatzsammlung Medizinische Ethik Ethics, Medical Suicide, Assisted Medische ethiek Zelfmoord Right to Die

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Doctors' attitudes and experiences with physician-assisted death: a review of the literature / Diane E. Meier
The nonnecessity of euthanasia / Gregg A. Kasting
The constitutionality of elective and physician-assisted death / G. Steven Neeley
Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia / Franklin G. Miller and John C. Fletcher
The ethics of physician-assisted suicide / David C. Thomasma
Life, death, and the pursuit of destiny: the case of Thomas Donaldson / Evelyne Shuster

Physician-assisted death /

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