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The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care, edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin

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Summary
"Few issues are as volatile or misunderstood as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Drs. Foley and Hendin unravel why such principles as patient autonomy, compassion, and rationality, which are often invoked by supporters of legalization, fail to address the actual situations of terminally ill patients. Incisive discussions by leading authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics from the United States and abroad provide compelling multidisciplinary perspectives and discussions on what is at stake at the end of life. Several chapters present the risks that legalization of assisted suicide poses to some of society's most vulnerable groups, particularly those who are elderly, are depressed, or have physical disabilities. The authors provide in-depth analyses of the actual practice of assisted suicide in places where it is legally sanctioned. The Case against Assisted Suicide spells out what the medical profession needs to do to improve palliative care. It also thoughtfully and persuasively indicates the changes in social policy necessary to develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing terminally ill patients."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 371 pages)
Contents
  • The Dutch experience
  • Herbert Hendin
  • Palliative care and euthanasia in the Netherlands: observations of a Dutch physician
  • Zbigniew Zylicz
  • The Oregon experiment
  • Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
  • Oregon's culture of silence
  • N. Gregory Hamilton
  • Deadly days in Darwin
  • David W. Kissane
  • "I will give no deadly drug": why doctors must not kill
  • Not dead yet
  • Diane Coleman
  • Vulnerable people: practical rejoinders to claims in favor of assisted suicide
  • Felicia Cohn and Joanne Lynn
  • Depression and the will to live in the psychological landscape of terminally ill patients
  • Harvey M. Chochinov and Leonard Schwartz
  • A hospice perspective
  • Cicely Saunders
  • Compassionate care, not assisted suicide
  • Kathleen Foley
  • Leon R. Kass
  • Compassion is not enough
  • Edmund D. Pellegrino
  • Reason, self-determination, and physician-assisted suicide
  • Daniel Callahan
  • The rise and fall of the "right" to assisted suicide
  • Yale Kamisar
Isbn
9780801879012
Instance
Label
The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care
Title
The case against assisted suicide
Title remainder
for the right to end-of-life care
Statement of responsibility
edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Few issues are as volatile or misunderstood as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Drs. Foley and Hendin unravel why such principles as patient autonomy, compassion, and rationality, which are often invoked by supporters of legalization, fail to address the actual situations of terminally ill patients. Incisive discussions by leading authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics from the United States and abroad provide compelling multidisciplinary perspectives and discussions on what is at stake at the end of life. Several chapters present the risks that legalization of assisted suicide poses to some of society's most vulnerable groups, particularly those who are elderly, are depressed, or have physical disabilities. The authors provide in-depth analyses of the actual practice of assisted suicide in places where it is legally sanctioned. The Case against Assisted Suicide spells out what the medical profession needs to do to improve palliative care. It also thoughtfully and persuasively indicates the changes in social policy necessary to develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing terminally ill patients."--Jacket
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Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
174/.24
Index
index present
LC call number
R726
LC item number
.C355 2002eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
W 32.6
NLM item number
C337 2002
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1944-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Foley, Kathleen M.
  • Hendin, Herbert
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Assisted suicide
  • Suicide, Assisted
  • Terminal Care
  • Aide au suicide
  • MEDICAL
  • Assisted suicide
  • Tötung auf Verlangen
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Zelfmoord
  • Hulpverlening
  • Autonomie (algemeen)
  • USA
Label
The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care, edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Dutch experience
  • Herbert Hendin
  • Palliative care and euthanasia in the Netherlands: observations of a Dutch physician
  • Zbigniew Zylicz
  • The Oregon experiment
  • Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
  • Oregon's culture of silence
  • N. Gregory Hamilton
  • Deadly days in Darwin
  • David W. Kissane
  • "I will give no deadly drug": why doctors must not kill
  • Not dead yet
  • Diane Coleman
  • Vulnerable people: practical rejoinders to claims in favor of assisted suicide
  • Felicia Cohn and Joanne Lynn
  • Depression and the will to live in the psychological landscape of terminally ill patients
  • Harvey M. Chochinov and Leonard Schwartz
  • A hospice perspective
  • Cicely Saunders
  • Compassionate care, not assisted suicide
  • Kathleen Foley
  • Leon R. Kass
  • Compassion is not enough
  • Edmund D. Pellegrino
  • Reason, self-determination, and physician-assisted suicide
  • Daniel Callahan
  • The rise and fall of the "right" to assisted suicide
  • Yale Kamisar
Control code
51504354
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 371 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780801879012
Lccn
00002229
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9780801879012
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)51504354
Label
The case against assisted suicide : for the right to end-of-life care, edited by Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Dutch experience
  • Herbert Hendin
  • Palliative care and euthanasia in the Netherlands: observations of a Dutch physician
  • Zbigniew Zylicz
  • The Oregon experiment
  • Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin
  • Oregon's culture of silence
  • N. Gregory Hamilton
  • Deadly days in Darwin
  • David W. Kissane
  • "I will give no deadly drug": why doctors must not kill
  • Not dead yet
  • Diane Coleman
  • Vulnerable people: practical rejoinders to claims in favor of assisted suicide
  • Felicia Cohn and Joanne Lynn
  • Depression and the will to live in the psychological landscape of terminally ill patients
  • Harvey M. Chochinov and Leonard Schwartz
  • A hospice perspective
  • Cicely Saunders
  • Compassionate care, not assisted suicide
  • Kathleen Foley
  • Leon R. Kass
  • Compassion is not enough
  • Edmund D. Pellegrino
  • Reason, self-determination, and physician-assisted suicide
  • Daniel Callahan
  • The rise and fall of the "right" to assisted suicide
  • Yale Kamisar
Control code
51504354
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 371 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780801879012
Lccn
00002229
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9780801879012
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)51504354

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