The Right to Live, the Right to Die
Title | The Right to Live, the Right to Die PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Everett Koop |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
Famous pediatric surgeon gives his views on death and euthanasia.
Right To Die?
Title | Right To Die? PDF eBook |
Author | John Wyatt |
Publisher | Inter-Varsity Press |
Pages | 173 |
Release | 2015-11-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1783593881 |
The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances? There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us to navigate the arguments with hearts and heads engaged, and above all with our Bibles open. There are practical and compassionate alternatives to assisted suicide, and as many who have gone before us have found, the end of our lives on this earth may turn out to be a strange and wonderful opportunity for growth and internal healing.
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.
The Inevitable
Title | The Inevitable PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Engelhart |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-08-09 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1250827965 |
A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue. *Finalist for the New York Public Library's 2022 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism “A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism.”—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker More states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. But The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours—far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. Further still, it shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the “euthanasia underground.” Katie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the right to die debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at “DIY Death” workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably—of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish—and saw suicide as their only option. Spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, The Inevitable offers a deeply reported and fearless look at a morally tangled subject. It introduces readers to ordinary people who are fighting to find dignity and authenticity in the final hours of their lives.
The Right to Die
Title | The Right to Die PDF eBook |
Author | Tamara Thompson |
Publisher | Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2014-06-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0737768517 |
We all die, but should we have the ability to choose when? Death is part of life, but not everyone agrees on the details. What if you have painful, terminal illness? Is it okay to seek suicide if a doctor assists? Do you have a right to end your own life? Is doing so a violation of God's or a greater power's plan? This anthology engages this dilemma from diverse perspectives, grounding abstract and moral discussions in real-life events such as Oregon's right-to-die law. Students will analyze the various facets of this controversial subject with decisive interpretations from religion, medicine, law, and philosophy.
The Right to Die
Title | The Right to Die PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Ferguson |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1438106246 |
Presents divergent views on euthanasia laws and legislation in the United States.
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