Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somerville, Margaret A., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2001]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Pt. 1. Euthanasia and the search for a new societal paradigm -- Euthanasia, genetics, reproductive technologies, and the search for a new societal paradigm -- Pt. 2. 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 by 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 by Torsten O. Nielsen -- Guidelines for legalized 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 -- Pt. 3. 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 -- Pt. 4. Respect for dying people and euthanasia -- Death at a New York Hospital by Englebert 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 by 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 by Constantine John Falliers -- Taming the tiger: reflections on "Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die" -- Debating A Gentle Death: a review essay -- Pt. 5. Euthanasia in the "public square" -- Euthanasia in the media: journalists' values, media ethics, and "public square" messages -- Euthanasia and the death penalty -- Pt. 6. 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. 
650 2 |a Euthanasia. 
650 2 |a Suicide, Assisted. 
650 2 |a Bioethical Issues. 
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