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The right to die with dignity : an argument in ethics, medicine, and law / Raphael Cohen-Almagor.

By: Cohen-Almagor, RaphaelMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2001. Description: xi, 304 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0813529867Subject(s): Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Cross-cultural studies | Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Cross-cultural studies | Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Cross-cultural studies | Right to die -- Law and legislation -- Cross-cultural studies | Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 179.7 LOC classification: R 726 | .C635 2001Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1 Language and Reality at the End of Life 16 -- 2 Post-Coma Unawareness Patients 34 -- 3 Sanctity and Quality of Life in Medical Ethics 52 -- 4 Passive and Active Euthanasia 80 -- 5 What Interests Do We Have? 96 -- 6 The Role of the Patients' Loved Ones 113 -- 7 An Outsider's View of Dutch Euthanasia -- Policy and Practice 131 -- 8 The Oregon Death with Dignity Act 158 -- Conclusions: A Circumscribed Plea for -- Voluntary Physician-Assisted Suicide 181 -- Appendix: Ethical and Financial Considerations in -- Allocating Health Care Resources 207.
Item type: General circulation books
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Non-fiction R 726 .C635 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C1 Available 2022-0271

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Language and Reality at the End of Life 16 -- 2 Post-Coma Unawareness Patients 34 -- 3 Sanctity and Quality of Life in Medical Ethics 52 -- 4 Passive and Active Euthanasia 80 -- 5 What Interests Do We Have? 96 -- 6 The Role of the Patients' Loved Ones 113 -- 7 An Outsider's View of Dutch Euthanasia -- Policy and Practice 131 -- 8 The Oregon Death with Dignity Act 158 -- Conclusions: A Circumscribed Plea for -- Voluntary Physician-Assisted Suicide 181 -- Appendix: Ethical and Financial Considerations in -- Allocating Health Care Resources 207.

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