| Description |
182 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary issues in philosophy |
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Contemporary issues in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Active voluntary euthanasia : a needless Pandora's Box / D. Alan Shewmon -- Ethical issues in aiding the death of young children / H. Tristram Englehardt -- Conclusions of a British Medical Association review of guidelines on euthanasia -- Case for active voluntary euthanasia / Gerald A. Larue -- Physician's responsibility toward hopelessly ill patients : a second look / Sidney H. Wanzer ... [et al.] -- Missouri v. Cruzan |
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Sentenced to life / Christine Wicker -- It's over, Debbie / Anonymous -- Doctors must not kill / Willard Gaylin ... [et al.] -- Debbie's dying : mercy killing and the good death / Kenneth L. Vaux -- Case of Karen Quinlan / C. Everett Koop -- Active and Passive Euthanasia / James Rachels -- Active and passive euthanasia : an impertinent distinction? / Thomas D. Sullivan -- More impertinent distinctions / James Rachels -- Right to die : the moral dilemmas / C. Everett Koop -- Sanctity of life versus quality of life / Joseph Fletcher -- Wrongfulness of euthanasia / J. Gay-Williams -- Assisted suicide : an ethical perspective / Gerald D. Coleman -- Assisting suicide : an ethical perspective / Ernlé W.D. Young -- Justifiable active euthanasia in the Netherlands / Pieter Admiraal |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Euthanasia.
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Medical ethics.
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Euthanasia.
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Ethics, Medical.
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| Author |
Baird, Robert M., 1937-
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Rosenbaum, Stuart E.
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| LC no. |
89024042 |
| ISBN |
0879755555 |
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