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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7554-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815494503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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