num_pages: 366
description: Ost (law, U. of Central Lancashire), a specialist in medical law and the moral aspects of law, draws together the many dimensions of the debate over shortening the life of a suffering or vegetative patient deliberately, either by intervention or by ending artificial life support. She is particularly concerned to illustrate how euthanasia is a living phenomenon by ascertaining and analyzing the understandings, meanings, and interpretations attached to it; to explore the prominent ethical and moral values that accompany any discussion of euthanasia; and consider the extent to which these values influence the law. The study began as her doctoral dissertation for the University of Central Lancashire; parts of it have been published as journal articles. It is doubled spaced. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: An Analytical Study of the Legal, Moral, and Ethical Aspects of the Living Phenomenon of Euthanasia
titlecomplete: An Analytical Study of the Legal, Moral, and Ethical Aspects of the Living Phenomenon of Euthanasia (Symposium Series, 76)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr