Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / / Margaret Somerville
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| Autore: |
Somerville Margaret
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| Titolo: |
Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / / Margaret Somerville
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| Pubblicazione: | Montréal, Québec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 179.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Euthanasia |
| Assisted suicide | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Part One Euthanasia and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm""; ""1 Euthanasia, Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm""; ""Part Two Evolution of the Euthanasia Controversy""; ""2 Should the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population""; ""3 The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia""; ""4 “Death Talk� in Canada: The Rodriguez Case""; ""5 The Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership"" |
| ""6 Legalizing Euthanasia: Why Now?""""7 Euthanasia by Confusion""; ""8 (a) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal""; ""8 (b) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Rejection of Nielsen�s Proposal""; ""8 (c) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Somerville�s Rejection""; ""8 (d) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Nielsen�s Response""; ""9 Executing Euthanasia: A Review Essay""; ""10 Why Aren�t Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report"" | |
| ""Part Three Untreated Pain and Euthanasia""""11 Pain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law""; ""12 Ethics, Law, and Palliative Treatment and Care: The Dying Elderly Person""; ""13 The Relief of Suffering: Human Rights and Medicine""; ""14 Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics""; ""Part Four Respect for Dying People and Euthanasia""; ""15 (a) Death at a New York Hospital""; ""15 (b) Searching for the Governing Values, Policies, and Attitudes: Commentary on “Death at a New York Hospital�"" | |
| ""16 (a) Human Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate """"16 (b) Unpacking the Concept of Human Dignity in Human(e) Death: Comments on “Human Dignity and Disease, Disability, and Suffering�""; ""17 (a) Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die""; ""17 (b) Taming the Tiger: Reflections on “Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die�""; ""18 Debating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay""; ""Part Five Euthanasia in the “Public Square� "" | |
| ""19 Euthanasia in the Media: Journalists� Values, Media Ethics, and “Public Square� Messages""""20 Euthanasia and the Death Penalty""; ""Part Six Ethical and Legal “Tools� in the Euthanasia Debate""; ""21 Labels versus Contents: Variance between Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making""; ""22 Human Rights and Human Ethics: Health and Health Care""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Permissions and Places of Publication""; ""Index"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Death talk |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-8915-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465204303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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