The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care

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The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care

edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin

Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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The case against assisted suicide

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-364) and index

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780801867927

Description

In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Herbert Hendin uncover why pleas for patient autonomy and compassion, often used in favor of legalizing euthanasia, do not advance or protect the rights of terminally ill patients. Incisive essays by authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics draw on studies done in the Netherlands, Oregon, and Australia by the editors and contributors that show the dangers that legalization of assisted suicide would pose to the most vulnerable patients. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: A Medical, Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Perspective Part I: 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 Part II: 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 Part III: 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 Part IV: A Better Way Chapter 13. A Hospice Perspective Chapter 14. Compassionate Care, Not Assisted Suicide Conclusion: Changing the Culture Notes Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780801879012

Description

In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Herbert Hendin uncover why pleas for patient autonomy and compassion, often used in favor of legalizing euthanasia, do not advance or protect the rights of terminally ill patients. Incisive essays by authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics draw on studies done in the Netherlands, Oregon, and Australia by the editors and contributors that show the dangers that legalization of assisted suicide would pose to the most vulnerable patients. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: A Medical, Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Perspective Part I: 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 Part II: 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 Part III: 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 Part IV: A Better Way Chapter 13. A Hospice Perspective Chapter 14. Compassionate Care, Not Assisted Suicide Conclusion: Changing the Culture Notes Index

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