| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index. |
| Contents |
Fundamental principles : the nature of the dispute -- Types of euthanasia -- Psychiatric assisted suicide -- Neonates -- Incompetent adults -- Human life is sacred -- The slippery slope -- Medical views -- Four methods of easing death and their effect on doctors -- Looking further ahead. |
| Summary |
Easeful Death sets out straightforwardly the arguments for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Exploring the philosophical and legal debates as well as the medical practicalities of this sensitive issue, the authors ultimately conclude that the law should embrace a more compassionate approach to assisted dying. - ; Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The legal choices confronting those caring for the terminally ill, and indeed those patients themselves who may born. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Euthanasia.
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Assisted suicide.
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Death -- Social aspects.
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Euthanasia -- ethics.
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Euthanasia -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Suicide, Assisted -- ethics.
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Suicide, Assisted -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Attitude to Death.
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Ethics, Medical.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Assisted suicide. (OCoLC)fst00819130
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Death -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00888680
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Euthanasia. (OCoLC)fst00916915
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Medizinische Ethik.
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Sterbehilfe.
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Ethik.
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Sterbehilfe.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Macdonald, Elisabeth.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Warnock, Mary. Easeful death. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007051134 (OCoLC)176924533 |
| ISBN |
019153868X (electronic bk.) |
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9780191538681 (electronic bk.) |
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