Euthanasia
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Carrie L. Snyder, book editor.
Contributors: Snyder, Carrie L.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Euthanasia; Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Is euthanasia ethical?; title: Christianity condemns voluntary euthanasia / Chris Armstrong; title: Christianity should condone voluntary euthanasia / John Shelby Spong; title: Euthanasia relieves suffering / South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society; title: Euthanasia distorts the meaning of mercy / Trudy Chun, Marian Wallace; title: Euthanasia enhances personal freedom / Thomas Preston, Martin Gunderson, David J. Mayo; title: Euthanasia undermines personal freedom / John Shelby Keown; title: Chapter 2: Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?; title: Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm society / Margaret Somerville; title: Legalizing physician-assisted suicide would reduce harm to society / Roger S. Magnusson; title: Improved end-of-life care would make assisted suicide unnecessary / Ira Byock, interviewed by Steve Gordon; title: Improved end-of-life care would not make assisted suicide unnecessary / Timothy E. Quill, Margaret P. Battin; title: Legalizing assisted suicide would make killing too easy / Matthew Parris; title: Legalizing assisted suicide is premature / Yvonne Mak, Glyn Elwyn, Ilora G. Finlay; title: Chapter 3: Would legalizing voluntary euthanasia lead to abuses?; title: Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia / John Keown; title: Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not lead to nonvoluntary euthanasia / Jocelyn Downie; title: Oregon's assisted suicide experience: safeguards do not work / Oregon Right to Life; title: Legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon has not led to abuses / Death with Dignity National Center; title: Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would harm the disabled / Barry Corbet; title: Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not harm the disabled / David J. Mayo, Martin Gunderson; title: Chapter 4: When should life support be stopped?; title: Feeding tubes should be removed from patients in a persistent vegetative state / John Collins Harvey; title: Feeding tubes should not be removed from patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state / Wesley J. Smith; title: Doctors should stop treatment that is futile / Kevin T. Keith; title: Doctors should not deny wanted treatment / Lynn Vincent; title: Living wills allow patients to control when life support stops / Ruthe C. Ashley; title: Living wills fail to give patients control over life support / Angela Fagerlin, Carl E. Schneider.