Against physician assisted suicide
Subtitle: a palliative care perspective
By: David Jeffrey.
Publisher: Radcliffe Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781846191862
Subjects: Assisted suicide; Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation; Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects; Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist palliative care reject the legislation of physician assisted suicide. This book explores the reasons why the healthcare professionals who have the most experience of caring for dying patients should object to a change in the law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.