LEADER 04253nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910783800503321 005 20230912135653.0 010 $a1-282-85939-0 010 $a9786612859397 010 $a0-7735-6931-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773569317 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244877 035 $a(OCoLC)76898616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119868 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278512 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225752 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278512 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246369 035 $a(PQKB)11226561 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330573 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132754 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285939 035 $a(OCoLC)929120784 035 $a(DE-B1597)656185 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773569317 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/dp1mj4 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243520 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244877 100 $a20021003d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath talk$b[electronic resource] $ethe case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide /$fMargaret Somerville 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (454 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2245-X 311 $a0-7735-2201-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tEuthanasia and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm -- $tEuthanasia,1 Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm -- $tEvolution of the Euthanasia Controversy -- $tShould the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population -- $tThe Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia -- $t?Death Talk? in Canada: The Rodriguez Case -- $tThe Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership -- $tLegalizing Euthanasia: Why Now? -- $tEuthanasia by Confusion -- $tGuidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal -- $tExecuting Euthanasia: A Review Essay -- $tWhy Aren?t Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report -- $tUntreated Pain and Euthanasia -- $tPain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law1 -- $tEthics, Law, and Palliative Treatment and Care: The Dying Elderly Person -- $tThe Relief of Suffering: Human Rights and Medicine -- $tDeath of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics -- $tRespect for Dying People and Euthanasia -- $tDeath at a New York Hospital -- $tHuman Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate -- $tProthanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die -- $tDebating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay -- $tEuthanasia in the ?Public Square? -- $tEuthanasia in the Media: Journalists? Values, Media Ethics, and ?Public Square? Messages -- $tEuthanasia and the Death Penalty -- $tEthical and Legal ?Tools? in the Euthanasia Debate -- $tLabels versus Contents: Variance between Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making -- $tHuman Rights and Human Ethics: Health and Health Care -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tPermissions and Places of Publication -- $tIndex 330 $aThere are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia. In Death Talk Margaret Somerville argues that legalizing euthanasia would cause irreparable harm to society's value of respect for human life, which in secular societies is carried primarily by the institutions of law and medicine. 606 $aEuthanasia 606 $aAssisted suicide 606 $aEuthanasie 606 $aAide au suicide 615 0$aEuthanasia. 615 0$aAssisted suicide. 615 6$aEuthanasie. 615 6$aAide au suicide. 676 $a179.7 700 $aSomerville$b Margaret A$01481634 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783800503321 996 $aDeath talk$93698703 997 $aUNINA