Assisted Suicide

  • Assisted Suicide
    By Karen Balkin

    ... Karen Ann , 179 Sign for Cain , A ( Wertham ) , 38 Singer , Peter , 38 slippery slope argument , 176 discounts real harm vs. potential harm , 136–37 safeguards and , 149 Smith , Wesley J. , 86 , 126 Sneiderman , Barney , 183 Souter ...

  • Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization
    By K. Yuill

    ... 'Physician-Assisted Suicide, Medical Ethics and the Future of the Medical Profession', Special Issue: A Symposium on ... Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009), pp. 555–566.

  • Assisted Suicide
    By Mark D. Friedman

    Discusses the controversy over assisted suicide, describing the history of euthanasia, worldwide legal and moral views on the issue, and specific case studies.

  • Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground
    By Arthur L. Caplan, Lois Snyder

    Is physician-assisted suicide different from refusal of treatment? Are there alternatives to assisted suicide? How useful are currently available guidelines for physician-assisted suicide? Who should have access to what?

  • Assisted Suicide: A Decision-Making Guide for Health Professionals
    By Stephen Jamison

    How should you respond when your patient asks for aid in dying? This groundbreaking book is a much needed guide to the difficult and complex issue of assisted dying....

  • Assisted Suicide: Legal, Medical, Ethical, and Social Issues : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the Committee...
    By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment

    Assisted Suicide: Legal, Medical, Ethical, and Social Issues : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the Committee...

  • Assisted Suicide
    By Mark D. Friedman

    Discusses the controversy over assisted suicide, describing the history of euthanasia, worldwide legal and moral views on the issue, and specific case studies.

  • Assisted Suicide
    By Laura K. Egendorf

    Proponents of assisted suicide argue that terminally ill patients who are suffering extreme pain should be allowed to request help in ending their lives. Others insist that therole of physicians,...

  • Assisted Suicide: Is It Right to Have the Choice?
    By The New York Times Editorial Staff

    The articles in this book speak to the legal battles, the historical context, and the personal stories that shed light on the various perspectives and conflicts that go into understanding the current state and future of assisted suicide.