Lethal Judgments: Assisted Suicide and American Law

by Melvin I. Urofsky

Book Overview

In two 1997 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. Yet for many people this concept strikes to the heart of our sense of liberty even as it tugs at our hearts in the face of human suffering.

Lethal Judgments examines those cases, the law surrounding the plaintiffs' claims, and the moral debate over physician-assisted suicide. A concise and gracefully written overview...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610111
• ISBN13: 9780700610112
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"