A concise history of euthanasia : life, death, God, and medicine

著者

    • Dowbiggin, Ian Robert

書誌事項

A concise history of euthanasia : life, death, God, and medicine

Ian Dowbiggin

(Critical issues in history)

Rowman & Littlefield, c2005

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This deeply informed history traces the controversial record of mercy-killing, a source of heated debate among doctors and laypeople alike. Dowbiggin examines evolving opinions about what constitutes a good death, taking into account the societal and religious values placed on sin, suffering, resignation, judgment, penance, and redemption. He also examines the bitter struggle between those who stress a right to compassionate and effective end-of-life care, and those who define human life in terms of either biological criteria, utilitarian standards, a faith in science, humane medical treatment, the principle of personal autonomy, or individual human rights. Considering both the influence of technological and behavioral changes in the practice of medicine and the public's surprising lack of awareness of death's many clinical and biological dimensions, this book raises profound personal and collective questions on the future of euthanasia.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA73473765
  • ISBN
    • 0742531104
  • LCCN
    2005001704
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Lanham, MD
  • ページ数/冊数
    vii, 163 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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