Euthanasia
| Other Authors: | Snyder, Carrie L. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
c2006.
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| Series: |
Opposing viewpoints series)
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Is euthanasia ethical?
- Christianity condemns voluntary euthanasia / Chris Armstrong
- Christianity should condone voluntary euthanasia / John Shelby Spong
- Euthanasia relieves suffering / South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society
- Euthanasia distorts the meaning of mercy / Trudy Chun, Marian Wallace
- Euthanasia enhances personal freedom / Thomas Preston, Martin Gunderson, David J. Mayo
- Euthanasia undermines personal freedom / John Shelby Keown
- Chapter 2: Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?
- Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm society / Margaret Somerville
- Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would reduce harm to society / Roger S. Magnusson
- Improved end-of-life care would make assisted suicide unnecessary / Ira Byock, interviewed by Steve Gordon
- Improved end-of-life care would not make assisted suicide unnecessary / Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin
- Legalizing assisted suicide would make killing too easy / Matthew Parris
- Legalizing assisted suicide is premature / Yvonne Mak, Glyn Elwyn, Ilora G. Finlay
- Chapter 3: Would legalizing voluntary euthanasia lead to abuses?
- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia / John Keown
- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia / Jocelyn Downie
- Oregon's assisted suicide experience: safeguards do not work / Oregon Right to Life
- Legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon has not led to abuses / Death with Dignity National Center
- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would harm the disabled / Barry Corbet
- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not harm the disabled / David J. Mayo, Martin Gunderson
- Chapter 4: When should life support be stopped?
- Feeding tubes should be removed from patients in a persistent vegetative state / John Collins Harvey
- Feeding tubes should not be removed from patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state / Wesley J. Smith
- Doctors should stop treatment that is futile / Kevin T. Keith
- Doctors should not deny wanted treatment / Lynn Vincent
- Living wills allow patients to control when life support stops / Ruthe C. Ashley
- Living wills fail to give patients control over life support / Angela Fagerlin, Carl E. Schneider.