When death is sought
Subtitle: assisted suicide and euthanasia in the medical context.
Publisher: New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Assisted suicide -- New York (State); Euthanasia -- New York (State); Right to die -- New York (State)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"May 1994."
Table of contents: title: The epidemiology of suicide; title: Suicide in the general population; title: Risk factors for suicide; title: Suicide and special patient populations; title: Patients with cancer; title: Patients with AIDS; title: The elderly; title: Clinical responses to pain and suffering; title: Assessing pain and other symptoms; title: Managing pain; title: Treating other symptoms of illness; title: Current clinical practice; title: Decisions at life's end: existing law; title: The right to decide about treatment; title: Suicide and the law; title: Assisted suicide; title: Euthanasia; title: Professional misconduct proceedings; title: The Constitutional issues; title: The ethical debate; title: An historical perspective; title: Distinguishing assisted suicide and euthanasia; title: The appeal to autonomy; title: Benefiting the patient; title: Societal consequences; title: The role and responsibilities of physicians; title: Killing and allowing to die.; title: Crafting public policy on assisted suicide and euthanasia; title: The question of legal change; title: Response to proposed guidelines to legalize assisted suicide; title: Distinguishing decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment; title: Developing professional medical standards; title: Caring for severely ill patients; title: Decisions about life-sustaining treatment; title: Improving palliative care; title: Diagnosing and treating depression; title: Responding when a patient requests assisted suicide or euthanasia.