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The Case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care / / edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin



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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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina: 174/.24
Soggetto topico: Assisted suicide
Terminal care - United States
Altri autori: FoleyKathleen M. <1944->  
HendinHerbert  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""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""
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The case against assisted suicide  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8018-7554-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815494503321
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