A Life and Death Decision
Title | A Life and Death Decision PDF eBook |
Author | Scott E. Sundby |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2015-03-17 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1466892269 |
A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentence With a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice. Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and despair as the jurors grapple with legal, moral, and personal dilemmas. The jurors' voices are compelling. From the idealist to the "holdout," the individual stories—of how and why they voted for life or death—drive the narrative. The reader is right there siding with one or another juror in this riveting read. From movies to novels to television, juries fascinate. Focusing on a single case, Sundby sheds light on broader issues, including the roles of race, class, and gender in the justice system. With death penalty cases consistently in the news, this is an important window on how real jurors deliberate about a pressing national issue.
Death by Decision
Title | Death by Decision PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry B. Wilson |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780664207298 |
Surveys the attitudes toward and arguments for and against euthanasia and examines the key medical, legal, and moral issues involved, offering a guideline for medical and legal actions in cases involving hopeless suffering.
Physician-Assisted Death
Title | Physician-Assisted Death PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Humber |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 1994-02-04 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1592594484 |
Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.
Death And Decision
Title | Death And Decision PDF eBook |
Author | Ernan Mc Mullin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2019-03-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429726317 |
This book discusses the moral, medical, legal, and economic issues that demand the sensitive attention of doctors, theologians, philosophers, social workers and lawyers, whose work brings them in contact with the kind of decision the voluntary termination of life represents. .
The Right to Die
Title | The Right to Die PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Meisel |
Publisher | Wolters Kluwer |
Pages | 2023 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0735546657 |
The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law
Decision Making Near the End of Life
Title | Decision Making Near the End of Life PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Werth Jr. |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2008-10-20 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1135918848 |
Decision Making near the End of Life provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments that have impacted decision-making processes within the field of end-of-life care. The most current developments in all aspects of major underlying issues such as public attitudes, the impact of media, bioethics, and legal precedent provide the background information for the text. The authors examine various aspects of end-of-life choices and decision-making, including communication (between and among family, medical personnel, the dying person), advance directives, and the emergence of hospice and palliative care institutions. The book also explores a variety of psychosocial considerations that arise in decision-making, including religion/spirituality, family caregiving, disenfranchised and diverse groups, and the psychological and psychiatric problems that can impact both the dying person and loved ones. Case studies and first-person stories about decision-making, written by professionals in the field, bring a uniquely personal touch to this valuable text.
Life and Death Decision Making
Title | Life and Death Decision Making PDF eBook |
Author | Baruch A. Brody |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Law |
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Integrating theory with case studies, this book examines the practical application of moral theory in clinical decision-making through 40 composite cases based on actual clinical experience. Complex, realistic, and challenging, these examples contain the multiplicity of factors faced in clinical crises, making this a superb exploration of the ways in which theory relates to actual life-or-death situations.