Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide /
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| Author / Creator: | Somerville, Margaret A., 1942- |
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| Imprint: | Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001. |
| Description: | xix, 433 : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4606710 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part 1. Euthanasia and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm
- 1. Euthanasia, Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm
- Part 2. Evolution of the Euthanasia Controversy
- 2. Should the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population
- 3. The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia
- 4. "Death Talk" in Canada: The Rodriguez Case
- 5. The Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership
- 6. Legalizing Euthanasia: Why Now?
- 7. Euthanasia by Confusion
- 8.
- (a). Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal by Torsten O. Nielsen
- (b). Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Rejection of Nielsen's Proposal
- (c). Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Somerville's Rejection by Torsten O. Nielsen
- (d). Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Nielsen's Response
- 9. Executing Euthanasia: A Review Essay
- 10. Why Aren't Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report
- Part 3. Untreated Pain and Euthanasia
- 11. Pain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law
- 12. Ethics, Law, and Palliative Treatment and Care: The Dying Elderly Person
- 13. The Relief of Suffering: Human Rights and Medicine
- 14. Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics
- Part 4. Respect for Dying People and Euthanasia
- 15.
- (a). Death at a New York Hospital by Engelbert L. Schucking
- (b). Searching for the Governing Values, Policies, and Attitudes: Commentary on "Death at a New York Hospital"
- 16.
- (a). Human Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate by Sylvia D. Stolberg
- (b). Unpacking the Concept of Human Dignity in Human (e) Death: Comments on "Human Dignity and Disease, Disability and Suffering"
- 17.
- (a). Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die by Constantine John Falliers
- (b). Taming the Tiger: Reflections on "Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die"
- 18. Debating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay
- Part 5. Euthanasia in the "Public Square"
- 19. Euthanasia in the Media: Journalists' Values, Media Ethics, and "Public Square" Messages
- 20. Euthanasia and the Death Penalty
- Part 6. Ethical and Legal "Tools" in the Euthanasia Debate
- 21. Labels versus Contents: Variance Between Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making
- 22. Human Rights and Human Ethics: Health and Health Care
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Permissions and Place of Publication
- Index
