The Price of Compassion: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

ISBN-13: 9781551118833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 250 str.

Stingl, Michael

Opis

In this book, a number of ethicists expound on the issue of medically assisted death &, in particular, on the issue of whether it is morally permissible to hasten the death of those who are suffering from a medical condition but, because of their diminished mental capacities, are unable to ask that anything be done about that suffering.

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Introduction

PART I PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, EUTHANASIA AND THE LAW

1. Washington et al. v. Glucksberg et al.
2. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, et al. v. Quill et al.
3. Sue Rodriguez v. British Columbia
4. Judge Noble’s Ruling

PART II THE SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENT AND NONVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

5. Excerpts from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report:
   Critical Care Decisions in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine:
   Ethical Issues
6. The Groningen Protocol: Euthanasia in Severely Ill Newborns
   Eduard Verhagen and Pieter J.J. Sauer
7. Life, Death, and Slippery Slopes
   John Woods
8. Voluntary and Nonvoluntary Euthanasia: Is There Really a Slippery Slope?
   Michael Stingl

PART III INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF VOLUNTARY AND NONVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

9. Robert Latimer’s Choice
   Bryson Brown
10. Hard End-of-Life Decisions for Physicians and Family Members
    John A. Baker
11. Feminist Reflections on Tracy Latimer and Sue Rodriguez
    Kira Tomsons and Susan Sherwin

PART IV ASSISTED SUICIDE, VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA, AND PALLIATIVE CARE

12. Attitudes of People with Disabilities toward Physician-Assisted Suicide Legislation: Broadening the Dialogue
    Pamela Fadem, Meredith Minkler, Martha Perry, Klaus Blum, Leroy F. Moore, Jr., Judi Rogers, and Lee Williams
13. Oregon’s Experience: Evaluating the Record
    Ronald A. Lindsay
14. Palliative Sedation: An Essential Place for Clinical Excellence
    Philip C. Higgins and Terry Altilio