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Second edition |
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xxxvi, 433 pages ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2001 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Euthanasia and the search for a new societal paradigm. Euthanasia, genetics, reproductive technologies, and the search for a new societal paradigm -- Evolution of the euthanasia controversy. Should the grandparents die? : allocation of medical resources with an aging population ; The song of death : the lyrics of euthanasia ; "Death talk" in Canada : the Rodriguez case ; The definition of euthanasia : a paradoxical partnership ; Legalizing euthanasia : why now? ; Euthanasia by confusion ; Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a proposal / Torsten O. Nielsen ; Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a rejection of Nielsen's proposal ; Guidelines for legalized euthanasia in Canada : a response to Somerville's rejection / Torsten O. Nielsen ; Guidelines for legalizing euthanasia in Canada : a response to Nielsen's response ; Executing euthanasia : a review essay ; Why aren't physicians interested in the ethics and law of euthanasia? : a conference report -- Untreated pain and euthanasia. Pain and suffering at interfaces of medicine and law ; Ethics, law, and palliative treatment and care : the dying elderly person ; The relief of suffering : human rights and medicine ; Death of pain : pain, suffering, and ethics -- Respect for dying people and euthanasia. Death at a New York hospital / Engelbert L. Schucking ; Searching for the governing values, policies, and attitudes : commentary on Death at a New York hospital ; Human dignity and disease, disability, suffering : a philosophical contribution to the euthanasia and assisted suicide debate / Sylvia D. Stolberg ; Unpacking the concept of human dignity in human(e) death : comments on "Human dignity and disease, disability and suffering" ; Prothanasia : personal fulfilment and readiness to die / Constantine John Falliers ; Taming the tiger : reflections on "Prothanasia : personal fulfilment and readiness to die" ; Debating A gentle death : a review essay -- Euthanasia in the "public square." Euthanasia in the media : journalists' values, media ethics, and "public square" messages ; Euthanasia and the death penalty -- Ethical and legal "tools" in the euthanasia debate. Labels versus contents : variance between philosophy, psychiatry, and law in concepts governing decision-making ; Human rights and human ethics : health and health care |
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Euthanasia -- ethics
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Right to Die -- ethics
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Suicide, Assisted -- ethics
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Euthanasia
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Assisted suicide
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