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UNINA9910815494503321 |
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Titolo |
The Case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care / / edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FoleyKathleen M. <1944-> |
HendinHerbert |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Assisted suicide |
Terminal care - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction: A Medical, Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Perspective""; ""Autonomy, Compassion, and Rational Suicide""; ""Chapter 1 - “I Will Give No Deadly Drug�: Why Doctors Must Not Kill""; ""Chapter 2 - Compassion Is Not Enough""; ""Chapter 3 - Reason, Self-determination, and Physician-Assisted Suicide""; ""Chapter 4 - The Rise and Fall of the “Right� to Assisted Suicide""; ""Practice versus Theory""; ""Chapter 5 - The Dutch Experience"" |
""Chapter 6 - Palliative Care and Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Observations of a Dutch Physician""""Chapter 7 - The Oregon Experiment""; ""Chapter 8 - Oregon�s Culture of Silence""; ""Chapter 9 - Deadly Days in Darwin""; ""Reason to Be Concerned""; ""Chapter 10 - Not Dead Yet""; ""Chapter 11 - Vulnerable People: Practical Rejoinders to Claims in Favor of Assisted Suicide""; ""Chapter 12 - Depression and the Will to Live in the Psychological Landscape of Terminally Ill Patients""; ""A Better Way""; ""Chapter 13 - A Hospice Perspective"" |
""Chapter 14 - Compassionate Care, Not Assisted Suicide""""Conclusion: Changing the Culture""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Thoughtful and persuasive, this book urges the medical profession to improve palliative care and develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing those who are terminally ill. |
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