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Author Küng, Hans, 1928-2021

Title Dying with dignity : a plea for personal responsibility / Hans Küng and Walter Jens, with contributions by Dietrich Niethammer and Albin Eser ; [translated by John Bowden].

Publication Info. New York : Continuum, [1995]
©1995

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  179.7 K96D    Check Shelf
Description x, 132 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Introduction / Hans Küng and Walter Jens -- A dignified dying / Hans Küng -- The dignity and indignity of dying as illuminated by literature 'If you want life, prepare for death' / Walter Jens -- Dignified dying from a Doctor's perspective / Dietrich Niethammer -- The possibilities and limits of help in dying: a lawyer's view / Albin Eser -- An open discussion / Hans Küng, Walter Jens, Dietrich Niethammer, Albin Eser -- Postscript. The encyclical Eganvelium vitae and the problem of help in dying / Hans Küng.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [122]-132).
Subject Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to die.
Death in literature.
Added Author Jens, Walter, 1923-2013.
Added Title Menschenwürdig sterben. English
ISBN 0826408850 hardback
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