Physician-Assisted Death (Paperback)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2017

0190490179 / 9780190490171

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Paperback. The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom generation just starting to enter its senior years, the issue is not going to go away anytime soon. In Physician-Assisted Death, L.W. Sumner equips readers with everything they need to know to take a reasoned andinformed position in this important debate. The book provides needed context for the debate by situating physician-assisted death within the wider framework of end-of-life care and explainingwhy the movement to legalize it now enjoys such strong public support. It also reviews that movement's successes to date, beginning in Oregon in 1994 and now extending to eleven jurisdictions across three continents. Like abortion, physician-assisted death is ethically controversial and the subject of passionately held opinions. The central chapters of the book review the main arguments utilized by both sides of the controversy: on the one hand, appeals to patientautonomy and the relief of suffering, on the other the claim that taking active steps to hasten death inevitably violates the sanctity of life. The book then explores both the case infavor of legalization and the case against, focusing in the latter instance on the risk of abuse and the possibility of slippery slopes. In this context the experience of jurisdictions that have already taken the step of legalization is carefully reviewed to see what lessons might be extracted from it. It then identifies some further issues that lie beyond the boundaries of the current debate but will have to be faced sometime down the road: euthanasia for patients who are permanentlyunconscious or have become seriously demented and for severely compromised newborns.The book concludes by considering the various possible routes to legalization, both political andjudicial. Readers will then be prepared to decide for themselves just where they stand when they confront the issue both in their own jurisdiction and in their own lives. The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom generation just starting to enter its senior years, the issue is not going to go away anytime soon. In this book L.W. Sumner equips readers with everything they need to know to take a reasoned and informed position in thisimportant debate. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
Physician-Assisted Death (Paperback)
Auteur
L.W. Sumner
Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Année de publication
2017
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0190490179
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780190490171
Série
Livre 68 sur 158: What Everyone Needs To Know?

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