Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9781316025468
ISBN-13 : 1316025462
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Book Synopsis Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide by : Gerald Dworkin

Download or read book Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide written by Gerald Dworkin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fuelled by cases that extend far beyond passive euthanasia to the active consideration of killing by physicians. The need for a sophisticated but lucid exposition of the two sides of the argument is now urgent. This book supplies that need. Two prominent philosophers, Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey present the case for legalization of physician-assisted suicide. One of the best-known ethicists in the US, Sissela Bok, argues the case against.


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