Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / Margaret Somerville.
2001
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Author
Title
Death talk : the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / Margaret Somerville.
Published
Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Call Number
RA418 .S66 2001
ISBN
0773522018 (bound)
077352245X (pbk.)
077352245X (pbk.)
Description
xix, 433 : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)46660848
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Pt. 1
Euthanasia and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm
1Euthanasia, Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm
3
Pt. 2
Evolution of the Euthanasia Controversy
2Should the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population
13
3The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia
24
4"Death Talk" in Canada: The Rodriguez Case
86
5The Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership
101
6Legalizing Euthanasia: Why Now?
105
7Euthanasia by Confusion
119
8(a)Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal / Torsten O. Nielsen
144
8(b)Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Rejection of Nielsen's Proposal
153
8(c)Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Somerville's Rejection / Torsten O. Nielsen
156
8(d)Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Nielsen's Response
158
9Executing Euthanasia: A Review Essay
160
10Why Aren't Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report
168
Pt. 3
Untreated Pain and Euthanasia
11Pain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law
173
12Ethics, Law, and Palliative Treatment of Care: The Dying Elderly Person
198
13The Relief of Suffering: Human Rights and Medicine
205
14Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics
218
Pt. 4
Respect for Dying People and Euthanasia
15(a)Death at a New York Hospital / Engelbert L. Schucking
233
15(b)Searching for the Governing Values, Policies, and Attitudes: Commentary on "Death at a New York Hospital"
247
16(a)Human Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate / Sylvia D. Stolberg
255
16(b)Unpacking the Concept of Human Dignity in Human(e) Death: Comments on "Human Dignity and Disease, Disability and Suffering"
262
17(a)Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die / Constantine John Falliers
269
17(b)Taming the Tiger: Reflections on "Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die"
273
18Debating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay
278
Pt. 5
Euthanasia in the "Public Square"
19Euthanasia in the Media: Journalists' Values, Media Ethics, and "Public Square" Messages
289
20Euthanasia and the Death Penalty
299
Pt. 6
Ethical and Legal "Tools" in the Euthanasia Debate
21Labels versus Contents: Variance between Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making
305
22Human Rights and Human Ethics: Health and Health Care
327
Epilogue
345
Notes
349
Permissions and Place of Publication
403
Index
405