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Medically assisted death
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- Creator
- Robert Young
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- viii, 251 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521706162, 0511462530, 0521880246, 1281982296, 0511464118, 0511464851, 9786611982294, 9780521880244, 051146178X, 0521706165, 0511463324, 1107184282, 113916743X, 9781139167437
- OCLC
- ocn437089452, ocn154682300
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-242) and indexes.
- Introduction -- A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death -- Medical futility -- Physician-assisted suicide -- The sanctity of human life -- Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying -- Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death -- Competence and end-of-life decision making -- Advance directives -- Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments -- Non-voluntary euthanasia -- Concluding remarks
Subjects
- Euthanasia -- ethics.
Medical Subject Heading
- Euthanasia -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Medical Subject Heading
- Right to Die.
Medical Subject Heading
- Suicide, Assisted -- ethics.
Medical Subject Heading
- Suicide, Assisted -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Medical Subject Heading
- Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case studies.
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation.
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- Case studies.
- Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case studies.
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation.
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- Case studies.