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Paperback Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, and the "Right to Die" Book

ISBN: 0684807602

ISBN13: 9780684807607

Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, and the "Right to Die"

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The proliferation of life-prolonging technology in recent years has made the controversy over the "right to die" and physician-assisted suicide one of the most explosive medical and ethical issues of our day. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's "suicide machine" has commanded front-page coverage for several years, while in 1994 Oregon passed a measure allowing the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescriptions for suicide, and other states have placed similar proposals...

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the hard issues

It goes without saying that this is an immensely difficult subject--one about which I have many conflicting thoughts--so it was very gratifying to have someone present the relevant issues in such a clear and balanced way. Thanks to Jonathan Moreno for this book.

Medical and Ethical Issue of Our Day

Very thorough. Covers the Dutch model, the history of events in Oregon, and, best of all, includes the viewpoints from the gravely ill and their loved ones.This is probably the most comprehensive and balanced book on this subject that is available.
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