Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide: Killing Or Caring?
- ISBN-10
- 0809138042
- ISBN-13
- 9780809138043
- Category
- Assisted suicide
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Author
- Michael Manning
Description
A concise overview of the history and arguments surrounding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
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