num_pages: 240
description: At the cutting-edge of one of the most sensitive contemporary controversies this anthology presents the most current thinking of experts in the field of the ethics of assisted suicide and euthanasia  exploring point blank issues that law and public policy have often skirted or wished away. Contains previously unpublished manuscripts developed before and after a three-day conference sponsored by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Explores the issues from three perspectives  philosophical clinical and political legal and economic perspectives.
language: English
title: Intending Death: The Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
publisher: Pearson