Title: Euthanasia, ethics, and the law :
Authors: Huxtable, Richard.
Date: 2007
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish,
Physical description: xviii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: K
Contents: Judging the end(ing) of life: conflict and confusion -- Not pretty: 'mercy killing' in legal fact and legal fiction -- Assisted suicide in 'the shadowy area of mercy killing' -- Get out of jail free? Double effect and doctors in the dock -- Beyond bland: heding bets on the value of life? -- Euthanasia and the middle ground: from conflict to compromise.
Subject headings (LCSH): Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--England.; Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Great Britain.; Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Wales.; Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.; Euthanasia--Law and legislation--England.; Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Great Britain.; Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Wales.; Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.; Right to die--Law and legislation--England.; Right to die--Law and legislation--Wales.