04176nam 22008052 450 991078268780332120151005020622.01-107-18428-21-281-98229-697866119822941-139-16743-X0-511-46411-80-511-46253-00-511-46485-10-511-46178-X0-511-46332-4(CKB)1000000000693093(EBL)410172(OCoLC)437089452(SSID)ssj0000200590(PQKBManifestationID)11196307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200590(PQKBWorkID)10220972(PQKB)10003490(UkCbUP)CR9781139167437(MiAaPQ)EBC410172(Au-PeEL)EBL410172(CaPaEBR)ebr10275360(CaONFJC)MIL198229(PPN)261360159(EXLCZ)99100000000069309320111007d2007|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMedically assisted death /Robert Young[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2007.1 online resource (viii, 251 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-70616-5 0-521-88024-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-242) and index.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.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. EuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspectsEuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspectsCase studiesEuthanasiaLaw and legislationEuthanasiaLaw and legislationCase studiesAssisted suicideMoral and ethical aspectsAssisted suicideMoral and ethical aspectsCase studiesAssisted suicideLaw and legislationAssisted suicideLaw and legislationCase studiesEuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspects.EuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspectsEuthanasiaLaw and legislation.EuthanasiaLaw and legislationAssisted suicideMoral and ethical aspects.Assisted suicideMoral and ethical aspectsAssisted suicideLaw and legislation.Assisted suicideLaw and legislation179.7Young RobertPh. D.,55275UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910782687803321Medically assisted death3686505UNINA