Euthanasia Examined (eBook, PDF)

Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives
Redaktion: Keown, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses thoroughly the major ethical, legal and clinical issues involved in the euthanasia debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511884115
• Artikelnr.: 70912103

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Daniel Callahan
Introduction John Keown
1. Euthanasia and the value of life John Harris
2. A philosophical case against euthanasia John Finnis
3. The philosophical case against euthanasia John Harris
4. The fragile case for euthanasia: a reply to John Harris John Finnis
5. Final thoughts on final acts John Harris
6. Misunderstanding the case against euthanasia: response to Harris's first reply John Finnis
7. Euthanasia: back to the future Kenneth Boyd
8. The case for legalising voluntary euthanasia Jean Davies
9. Extracts from the Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics
10. Walton, Davies, Boyd and the legalization of euthanasia Luke Gormally
11. Where there is hope, there is life: a view from the hospice Robert Twycross
12. Letting vegetative patients die Brian Jennett
13. A case for sometimes tube-feeding patients in persistent vegetative state Joseph Boyle
14. Dilemmas at life's end: a comparative legal perspective Dieter Giesen
15. Physician-assisted suicide: the last bridge to active voluntary euthanasia Yale Kamisar
16. Euthanasia in the Netherlands: sliding down the slippery slope? John Keown
17. Advance directives: a legal and ethical analysis Stuart Hornett
18. Theological aspects of euthanasia Anthony Fisher
Index.