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| euthanasia the right to die: Right To Die? John Wyatt, 2015-11-10 The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances? There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us to navigate the arguments with hearts and heads engaged, and above all with our Bibles open. There are practical and compassionate alternatives to assisted suicide, and as many who have gone before us have found, the end of our lives on this earth may turn out to be a strange and wonderful opportunity for growth and internal healing. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and the Right to Die Jennifer M. Scherer, Rita James Simon, 1999 Sensitive and high-profile public policy issues often benefit from being considered in comparative perspective. Here, euthanasia and the right to die are examined in the context of the social, legal, and religious settings of a wide range of countries. The authors employ public opinion data, where available, to illustrate the great disparity between approval of physician-assisted suicide and the general illegality of the practice. Ultimately, making and implementing laws to ensure a responsible right to die_as the U.S. has been struggling with in Oregon, Michigan, and elsewhere_will be informed by experiences in such places as the Netherlands, Australia, and the only country in the world where euthanasia is a clear-cut medical option: Colombia. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Inevitable Katie Engelhart, 2021-03-02 “A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism, [The Inevitable] explores what might be called the right-to-die underground, a world of people who wonder why a medical system that can do so much to try to extend their lives can do so little to help them end those lives in a peaceful and painless way.”—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker More states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. But even where these laws exist, they leave many people behind. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours—far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. It also shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the “euthanasia underground.” Katie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the right to die debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at “DIY Death” workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably—of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish—and saw suicide as their only option. Spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, The Inevitable offers a deeply reported and fearless look at a morally tangled subject. It introduces readers to ordinary people who are fighting to find dignity and authenticity in the final hours of their lives. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Physician-Assisted Death James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder, Gregg A. Kasting, 1994-02-04 Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Arguing Euthanasia Jonathan Moreno, 1995-10 The proliferation of life-prolonging technology in recent years has made the controversy over the right to die and physician-assisted suicide one of the most explosive medical and ethical issues of our day. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine has commanded front-page coverage for several years, while in 1994 Oregon passed a measure allowing the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescriptions for suicide, and other states have placed similar proposals on their ballots. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Neil M. Gorsuch, 2009-04-12 After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Gorsuch builds a nuanced, novel, and powerful moral and legal argument against legalization, one based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate; the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong. At the same time, the argument Gorsuch develops leaves wide latitude for individual patient autonomy and the refusal of unwanted medical treatment and life-sustaining care, permitting intervention only in cases where an intention to kill is present. |
| euthanasia the right to die: A Merciful End Ian Robert Dowbiggin, 2003 This is the first full history of the euthanasia movement in the U.S. It tells for the first time the dramatic story of those reformers who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's attidues towards mercy-killing and assisted suicide. Original, wide-ranging in scope, but sensitive to the personal dimensions of euthanasia. A Merciful End is an illuminating and cautionary account of tension between motives and methods within twenty-century social reform, providing a refreshingly new perspective on an old debate. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and the Right to Die Leonard J. Bahlman, Geraldine D. Nowak, 1977 |
| euthanasia the right to die: Terminal Choices Robert N. Wennberg, 1989 A discussion of the moral, religious, legal, and personal issues surrounding euthanasia, suicide, and the right to die. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Death with Dignity Robert Orfali, 2011 In this book the author makes a case for legalized physician-assisted dying. Using the latest data from Oregon and the Netherlands, he puts a new slant on perennial debate topics such as slippery slopes, the integrity of medicine, and sanctity of life. This book provides an in-depth look at how we die in America today. It examines the shortcomings of our end-of-life system. You will learn about terminal torture in hospital ICUs and about the alternatives: hospice and palliative care. The author scrutinizes the good, the bad, and the ugly. He provides a critique of the practice of palliative sedation. The book makes a strong case that assisted dying complements hospice. By providing both, Oregon now has the best palliative-care system in America. This book, above all, may help you or someone you care about navigate this strange landscape we call end of life. It can be an informed guide to a good death in the age of hospice and high-tech medical intervention. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics Peter A. Singer, A. M. Viens, 2008-01-31 Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. There are 10 key sections presenting the most vital topics and clinically relevant areas of modern bioethics. International, interdisciplinary authorship and cross-cultural orientation ensure suitability for a worldwide audience. This book will assist all clinicians in making well-reasoned and defensible decisions by developing their awareness of ethical considerations and teaching the analytical skills to deal with them effectively. |
| euthanasia the right to die: A Concise History of Euthanasia Ian Dowbiggen, 2007 In this first book to explore the history of euthanasia worldwide since classical antiquity, distinguished historian Ian Dowbiggin exposes the many disturbing themes that link present and past in the concept of the right to die. His deeply informed history traces the controversial record of mercy killing, a source of heated debate among doctors and laypeople alike. Dowbiggin examines evolving opinions about what constitutes a good death, taking into account the societal and religious values placed on sin, suffering, resignation, judgment, penance, and redemption. He also examines the bitter struggle between those who advocate for the right to compassionate and effective end-of-life care and those who justify euthanasia by defining human life in terms of biological criteria, utilitarian standards, a faith in science, humane medical treatment, the principle of personal autonomy, or individual human rights. The author considers both the influence of technological and behavioral changes in the practice of medicine and the public's surprising lack of awareness of death's many clinical and biological dimensions. Dowbiggin reminds us that the stakes in the struggle are enormously high, with the lives of countless vulnerable people hanging in the balance. His provocative historical perspective will be indispensable as patients, families, governments, and the medical community debate when it is time to let go of life. Bound to spark controversy, this book takes issue with the right-to-die movement over the question of legalizing either assisted suicide or actual lethal injection (mercy-killing) and raises profound personal and collective questions on the future of euthanasia. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Approaching Death Committee on Care at the End of Life, Institute of Medicine, 1997-10-30 When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an overtreated dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom nothing can be done. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Angels of Death Roger S. Magnusson, Peter Harry Ballis, 2002-01-01 This groundbreaking book uncovers the hidden world of illicit physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. Through the frank and often troubling first-hand accounts of health professionals who have been involved in assisted death, the book records for the first time this secret but real area of medical and nursing practice. Through face-to-face interviews with these angels of death, Roger S. Magnusson explores the social practices, relationships, and networks that constitute underground euthanasia. How is assisted death actually practiced within health care settings? What are the issues that surround the making of such a momentous decision? How do health care workers justify their attitudes and actions in this area? Angels of Death offers detailed answers to these questions and many others. The doctors, nurses, and therapists who were interviewed pseudonymously for this study work in the HIV/AIDS communities in the United States and Australia. Their perspectives and practices, their attitudes and feelings, illuminate the assisted death debate and expose a variety of disturbing issues, including the reality of botched attempts, euthanasia without consent, and unduly hasty measures to bring about death. The testimony of medical practitioners, combined with Magnusson's thoughtful assessment of the issues, will be of intense interest to both opponents and advocates of proposals to legalize euthanasia. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Right to Live, the Right to Die Charles Everett Koop, 1976 Famous pediatric surgeon gives his views on death and euthanasia. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Michael J. Cholbi, 2017-01-26 This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures. Euthanasia was practiced by Greek physicians as early as 500 BC. In the 20th century, legal and ethical controversies surrounding assisted dying exploded. Many religions and medical organizations led the way in opposition, citing the incompatibility of assisted dying with various religious traditions and with the obligations of medical personnel toward their patients. Today, these practices remain highly controversial both in the United States and around the world. Comprising contributions from an international group of experts, this book thoroughly investigates euthanasia and assisted suicide from an interdisciplinary and global perspective. It presents the ethical arguments for and against assisted dying; highlights how assisted dying is perceived in various cultural and philosophical traditions—for example, South and East Asian cultures, Latin American perspectives, and religions including Islam and Christianity; and considers how assisted dying has both shaped and been shaped by the emergence of professionalized bioethics. Readers will also learn about the most controversial issues related to assisted dying, such as pediatric euthanasia, assisted dying for organ transplantation, and suicide tourism, and examine concerns relating to assisted dying for racial minorities, children, and the disabled. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Death Talk Margaret A. Somerville, 2001 Argues that people who promote the legalization of euthanasia ignore the vast ethical, legal and social differences between euthanasia and natural death. Permitting euthanasia, Somerville demonstrates, would cause irreparable harm to respect for human life and society. --Cover. |
| euthanasia the right to die: A Good Death Rodney Syme, 2008-05-01 A Good Death is a candid and provocative account of the experiences of many terminally ill people Dr Rodney Syme has assisted to end their lives. Over the past thirty years Syme has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia—at first clandestinely and now publicly—risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book. A Good Death is a moving journey with those who came to Syme for help, and a meditation on what it means in our culture to confront death. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas and ethical choices he faces working within the grey areas of the law. In this important book, Rodney Syme argues for the end of the unofficial 'conspiracy' of silence within the medical profession and the decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia in Australia. Through Syme's determination to tell the stories of those who he has assisted to die with dignity, A Good Death also draws wider lessons of value for those who find themselves in a similar situation. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Right to Die Derek Humphry, Ann Wickett, 1990 |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Gerald Dworkin, R. G. Frey, Sissela Bok, 1998-08-28 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. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide David Albert Jones, Chris Gastmans, Calum MacKellar, 2017-09-21 In this book, a global panel of experts considers the international implications of legalised euthanasia based on experiences from Belgium. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Final Exit Derek Humphry, Helga Kuhse, 1992 First published in the US in 1991 by the Hemlock Society, it discusses the practicalities of suicide and assisted suicide for those terminally ill, and is intended to inform mature adults suffering from a terminal illness. It also gives guidance to those who may support the option of suicide under those circumstances. The Australian edition was prepared by Dr Helga Kuhse. The author is a US journalist who has written or co-authored books on civil liberties, racial integration and euthanasia and is a past president of the World Federation of Right to Die societies. Sales of the book are category one restricted: not available to persons under 18. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story Timothy Devos, 2021-03-17 This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice of euthanasia. They share their experiences and reflections born out of their confrontation with requests for euthanasia and end-of-life support in a country where euthanasia has been decriminalized since 2002 and is now becoming a trivial topic.Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death present the other side of a reality needs to be evaluated more rigorously.Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives, this though-provoking and original book is intended not only for caregivers but also for anyone who questions the meaning of death and suffering, as well as the impact of a law passed in 2002. Presenting real-world cases and experiences, it highlights the complexity of situations and the consequences of the euthanasia law.This book appeals to palliative care providers, hematologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, nurses and health professionals as well as researchers, academics, policy-makers, and social scientists working in health care. It is also a unique resource for those in countries where the decriminalization of euthanasia is being considered. Sometimes shocking, it focuses on facts and lived experiences to challenge readers and offer insights into euthanasia in Belgium. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Peaceful Pill Handbook Philip Nitschke, Fiona Stewart, 2006-09 |
| euthanasia the right to die: Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Dying Justin Healey, 2020 |
| euthanasia the right to die: Medically Assisted Death Robert Young, 2007-10-18 Does a competent person suffering from a terminal illness or enduring an otherwise burdensome existence, who considers his life no longer of value but is incapable of ending it, have a right to be helped to die? Should someone for whom further medical treatment would be futile be allowed to die regardless of expressing a preference to be given all possible treatment? These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in this wide-ranging discussion of both the morality of medically assisted death and the justifiability of making certain instances legal. A case is offered in support of the moral and legal permissibility of specified instances of medically assisted death, along with responses to the main objections that have been levelled against it. The philosophical argument is bolstered by empirical evidence from The Netherlands and Oregon where voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are already legal. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Freedom to Die Derek Humphrey, Mary Clement, 2000-04-17 The strength of the right-to-die movement was underscored as early as 1991, when Derek Humphry published Final Exit, the movement's call to arms that inspired literally hundreds of thousands of Americans who wished to understand the concepts of assisted suicide and the right to die with dignity. Now Humphry has joined forces with attorney Mary Clement to write Freedom to Die, which places this civil rights story within the framework of American social history. More than a chronology of the movement, this book explores the inner motivations of an entire society. Reaching back to the years just after World War II, Freedom to Die explores the roots of the movement and answers the question: Why now, at the end of the twentieth century, has the right-to-die movement become part of the mainstream debate? In a reasoned voice, which stands out dramatically amid the vituperative clamoring of the religious right, the authors examine the potential dangers of assisted suicide - suggesting ways to avert the negative consequences of legalization - even as they argue why it should be legalized. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy John Keown, 2002-04-25 Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases', voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a 'slippery slope' to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest all in any country whether currently for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Euthanasia and the Ethics of a Doctor’s Decisions Ole Hartling, 2021-03-25 Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman of the Danish Council of Ethics to introduce new elements into what can often be understood as an all too simple debate. Alive to the case that assisted dying can be driven by an unattainable yearning for control, Hartling concentrates on two fundamental questions: whether the answer to suffering is to remove the sufferer, and whether self-determination in dying and death is an illusion. He draws on his own experience as a medical doctor to personalize the ethical arguments, share patients' narratives and make references to medical literature. Here is a sceptical stance towards euthanasia, one that is respectful to those who hold different opinions and well-informed about the details and nuances of different euthanasia practices. Written from a Scandinavian perspective, where respect for autonomy and high quality palliative care go hand in hand, Hartling's is a nuanced, valuable contribution to the arguments that surround a question doctors have faced since the birth of medicine. He shows us how the intentions of doing something good can sometimes lead to even greater dilemmas, opening us up to those situations where an inclination to end suffering by ending life is deeply conflicting both for the clinician and for any fellow human being. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Physician-Assisted Death National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Sciences Policy, 2018-09-29 The question of whether and under what circumstances terminally ill patients should be able to access life-ending medications with the aid of a physician is receiving increasing attention as a matter of public opinion and of public policy. Ethicists, clinicians, patients, and their families debate whether physician-assisted death ought to be a legal option for patients. While public opinion is divided and public policy debates include moral, ethical, and policy considerations, a demand for physician-assisted death persists among some patients, and the inconsistent legal terrain leaves a number of questions and challenges for health care providers to navigate when presented with patients considering or requesting physician-assisted death. To discuss what is known and not known empirically about the practice of physician-assisted death, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day workshop in Washington, DC, on February 12â€13, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education, and Testing Robert H. Weichbrod, Gail A. (Heidbrink) Thompson, John N. Norton, 2017-09-07 AAP Prose Award Finalist 2018/19 Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education, and Testing, Second Edition is the extensively expanded revision of the popular Management of Laboratory Animal Care and Use Programs book published earlier this century. Following in the footsteps of the first edition, this revision serves as a first line management resource, providing for strong advocacy for advancing quality animal welfare and science worldwide, and continues as a valuable seminal reference for those engaged in all types of programs involving animal care and use. The new edition has more than doubled the number of chapters in the original volume to present a more comprehensive overview of the current breadth and depth of the field with applicability to an international audience. Readers are provided with the latest information and resource and reference material from authors who are noted experts in their field. The book: - Emphasizes the importance of developing a collaborative culture of care within an animal care and use program and provides information about how behavioral management through animal training can play an integral role in a veterinary health program - Provides a new section on Environment and Housing, containing chapters that focus on management considerations of housing and enrichment delineated by species - Expands coverage of regulatory oversight and compliance, assessment, and assurance issues and processes, including a greater discussion of globalization and harmonizing cultural and regulatory issues - Includes more in-depth treatment throughout the book of critical topics in program management, physical plant, animal health, and husbandry. Biomedical research using animals requires administrators and managers who are knowledgeable and highly skilled. They must adapt to the complexity of rapidly-changing technologies, balance research goals with a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements and guidelines, and know how to work with a multi-generational, multi-cultural workforce. This book is the ideal resource for these professionals. It also serves as an indispensable resource text for certification exams and credentialing boards for a multitude of professional societies Co-publishers on the second edition are: ACLAM (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); ECLAM (European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); IACLAM (International Colleges of Laboratory Animal Medicine); JCLAM (Japanese College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); KCLAM (Korean College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); CALAS (Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine); LAMA (Laboratory Animal Management Association); and IAT (Institute of Animal Technology). |
| euthanasia the right to die: Deadly Compassion Rita Marker, 1993 Ann Humphry's suicide in 1991 made headlines worldwide. One of the reasons her death was so compelling was her allegation, in her suicide note, that she was driven to kill herself by her husband, Derek Humphry, Co-founder of the Hemlock Society and author of the number-one best-seller Final Exit. In Deadly Compassion Rita Marker relates the explosive details of this tragic death and the dark side of the euthanasia movement. Combining the shocking, true-life story of Ann's despair and suicide with compelling arguments against ever allowing the legalization of euthanasia, Rita Marker has written a book that is disturbing, moving, and thoroughly convincing. Rita Marker tells Ann's account of her life with Derek Humphry: from their happy times together co-founding the Hemlock Society to his leaving her after she was diagnosed with cancer. Here is the story of Ann's terrible guilt after she and Derek helped her parents kill themselves - with Ann smothering her mother to death with a laundry bag when the pills didn't work - and her belief that Derek would allow her no grief and no remorse. And here too, is the story of a remarkable friendship. When Ann felt alone and abandoned, she turned to Rita Marker - having known Rita only as her most vocal opponent on the subject of legalizing euthanasia. In Deadly Compassion, Rita Marker also explores all of the issues surrounding euthanasia - and some of the most famous right-to-die cases. She discusses in depth the career of Jack Kevorkian, who has written articles advocating medical experiments on death-row prisoners - while they are still alive. And she explains the ramifications of euthanasia in a country without adequate health insurance, like America, where people who really want to live might choose death rather than bankrupt their families. Deadly Compassion is essential reading for anyone who has misgivings about giving doctors the right to kill. It is also the story of the senseless death of a sensitive woman who discovered that her life's work was a dreadful mistake - and who believed that the man she loved wanted her dead.--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| euthanasia the right to die: Choosing to Live, Choosing to Die Nikki Tate, 2019-09-17 ★ “Tate’s sprawling work is a fascinating guide that belongs in all middle school, high school, and public libraries. This resource will help tweens and teens looking to better understand death and dying for personal or academic purposes.”—School Library Journal, starred review With many jurisdictions considering whether or not to implement new assisted-death legislation, Choosing to Live, Choosing to Die is a timely look at the subject for teen readers who may not yet have had much experience with death and dying. Readers are introduced to the topic of assisted dying through the author's own story. The issue continues to be hotly debated in families, communities and countries around the world, and there are no easy answers. Choosing to Live, Choosing to Die looks at the issue from multiple perspectives and encourages readers to listen with an open mind and a kind heart and reach their own conclusions. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Modern Art of Dying Shai J. Lavi, 2009-01-10 How we die reveals much about how we live. In this provocative book, Shai Lavi traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. Lavi begins with the historical meaning of euthanasia as signifying an easeful death. Over time, he shows, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Lavi illustrates these changes with compelling accounts of changes at the deathbed. He takes us from early nineteenth-century deathbeds governed by religion through the medicalization of death with the physician presiding over the deathbed, to the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Unlike previous books, which have focused on law and technique as explanations for the rise of euthanasia, this book asks why law and technique have come to play such a central role in the way we die. What is at stake in the modern way of dying is not human progress, but rather a fundamental change in the way we experience life in the face of death, Lavi argues. In attempting to gain control over death, he maintains, we may unintentionally have ceded control to policy makers and bio-scientific enterprises. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Ethics for A-Level Mark Dimmock, Andrew Fisher, 2017-07-31 What does pleasure have to do with morality? What role, if any, should intuition have in the formation of moral theory? If something is ‘simulated’, can it be immoral? This accessible and wide-ranging textbook explores these questions and many more. Key ideas in the fields of normative ethics, metaethics and applied ethics are explained rigorously and systematically, with a vivid writing style that enlivens the topics with energy and wit. Individual theories are discussed in detail in the first part of the book, before these positions are applied to a wide range of contemporary situations including business ethics, sexual ethics, and the acceptability of eating animals. A wealth of real-life examples, set out with depth and care, illuminate the complexities of different ethical approaches while conveying their modern-day relevance. This concise and highly engaging resource is tailored to the Ethics components of AQA Philosophy and OCR Religious Studies, with a clear and practical layout that includes end-of-chapter summaries, key terms, and common mistakes to avoid. It should also be of practical use for those teaching Philosophy as part of the International Baccalaureate. Ethics for A-Level is of particular value to students and teachers, but Fisher and Dimmock’s precise and scholarly approach will appeal to anyone seeking a rigorous and lively introduction to the challenging subject of ethics. Tailored to the Ethics components of AQA Philosophy and OCR Religious Studies. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Lord of the World Robert Hugh Benson, 1914 |
| euthanasia the right to die: This Is Assisted Dying Stefanie Green, 2022-03-29 An international bestseller, this compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted dying who helps suffering patients explore and fulfill their end of life choices is “written with sensitivity, grace, and candor...not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Dr. Stefanie Green has been forging new paths in the field of medical assistance in dying since 2016. In her landmark memoir, Dr. Green reveals the reasons a patient might seek an assisted death, how the process works, what the event itself can look like, the reactions of those involved, and what it feels like to oversee proceedings and administer medications that hasten death. She describes the extraordinary people she meets and the unusual circumstances she encounters as she navigates the intricacy, intensity, and utter humanity of these powerful interactions. Deeply authentic and powerfully emotional, This Is Assisted Dying contextualizes the myriad personal, professional, and practical issues surrounding assisted dying by bringing readers into the room with Dr. Green, sharing the voices of her patients, her colleagues, and her own narrative. As our population confronts issues of wellness, integrity, agency, community, and how to live a connected, meaningful life, this progressive and compassionate book by a physician at the forefront of medically assisted dying offers comfort and potential relief. “A humane, clear-eyed view of how and why one can leave the world by choice” (Kirkus Reviews), This Is Assisted Dying will change the way people think about their options, and ultimately is less about death than about how we wish to live. |
| euthanasia the right to die: The Right to Die with Dignity Refaʾēl Kōhēn-Almagôr, Raphael Cohen-Almagor, 2001 There are few issues more divisive than what has become known as the right to die. One camp upholds death with dignity, regarding the terminally ill as autonomous beings capable of forming their own judgment on the timing and process of dying. The other camp advocates sanctity of life, regarding life as intrinsically valuable, and that should be sustained as long as possible. Is there a right answer? Raphael Cohen-Almagor takes a balanced approach in analyzing this emotionally charged debate, viewing the dispute from public policy and international perspectives. He offers an interdisciplinary, compelling study in medicine, law, religion, and ethics. It is a comprehensive look at the troubling question of whether physician-assisted suicide should be allowed. Cohen-Almagor delineates a distinction between active and passive euthanasia and discusses legal measures that have been invoked in the United States and abroad. He outlines reasons non-blood relatives should be given a role in deciding a patient's last wishes. As he examines euthanasia policies in the Netherlands and the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act, the author suggests amendments and finally makes a circumscribed plea for voluntary physician-assisted suicide. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Killing and Letting Die Bonnie Steinbock, Alastair Norcross, 1994 Available in a new digital edition with reflowable text suitable for e-readers This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and letting die. Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, how-to manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients in a permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels, and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, Philosophical Considerations, probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg. |
| euthanasia the right to die: Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization K. Yuill, 2013-03-05 This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide – not euthanasia – are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. |
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the normal conditions limiting physician assisted suicide and active euthanasia, I also argue that the right to die provides a justification for a right to health care services. KEYWORDS: Right to …
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Procedures) Act, 2002) and Belgium (The Belgian Act on Euthanasia, 2002). In spite of an enshrined right to dignity in South Africa, the right to die with dignity in the form of euthanasia is …
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to legalise euthanasia and how law-makers can prevent the slippery-slope which is a fear of those against the legalisation of assisted suicide. Keywords: Euthanasia; Assisted Suicide; Right to …
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EUTHANASIA: RIGHT TO LIVE & RIGHT TO DIE College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT The word practicing euthanasia who support it …
Euthanasia and the Right to Die: Nancy Cruzan and New Mexico
EUTHANASIA AND THE RIGHT TO DIE: NANCY CRUZAN AND NEW MEXICO. ROBERT L. SCHWARTZ* I. NANCY CRUZAN COMES TO COURT At about 1:00 a.m. on January 11, …
History of the Right to Die Movement - Final Exit Network
A right to die bill is introduced by Dr. Walter W. Sackett in Florida’s legislature. It fails. 1969 Voluntary euthanasia bill introduced in the Idaho legislation. It fails. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross …
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The Right to Die and ‘Euthanasia’ – Comparative Remarks on the Current Debate** Abstract This article will show the clear trend within the current human rights jurisprudence towards a right to …
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Euthanasia v. Letting Die 6 authorize removal of the respirator in his permanently comatose daughter (Karen Quinlan, 2003). Involuntary euthanasia means taking the life of an competent …
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• Does right to life under Article 21 includes right to die? [Judgement] • Over-ruled the previous judgement. It was held that right to life does not encompass right to die. • It held that right to life …
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of human rights “Right to Die,” bringing the issue as a matter for professional opinion, a kind of medical advice/prescription. Guidelines need to be framed and criteria are ... including end–of …
The Right to Die as the Triumph of Autonomy - Taylor & Francis …
in the “euthanasia movement” were replaced by a different set of issues, perspectives, and proponents. ... right-to-die movement.4 The California Natural Death Act of 1976, which …
RIGHT TO DIE (EUTHANASIA) IN NIGERIA - SSRN
sounds strange: “Die at the right time”1 Few subjects evoke such great avalanche of human sentiments, legal, moral/ethical, religious and other considerations as the highly volatile and …
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Furthermore, this study considers the interplay between the prohibition of euthanasia and the right to human dignity within the South African Constitutional framework. The right to dignity is one …
Charter Right to Die in Canada? Fran Carnerie*
the Charter to assert that there is a constitutional right to die in Canada. Although it has been argued that from a morality perspective there is no difference between active and passive …
EUTHANASIA –“Right to DIE - Seminal Research
• Does right to life under Article 21 includes right to die? [Judgement] • Over-ruled the previous judgement. It was held that right to life does not encompass right to die. • It held that right to life …
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The right to die can easily turn into a threat to the life of a patient when there are not enough funds for his treatment ( The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church , …
Examining The Right To Die In The Context Of Euthanasia: A …
Key Words: Euthanasia, Right to Die, Art. 21 INTRODUCTION Euthanasia was proposed as a kind of death that goes beyond natural death. The Greek word "euthantos" is where the word …
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medicine. The right to die which is encapsulated in the concept of euthanasia has continued to generate heated debate and arguments; raising religious- cum –medico-legal issues. This …
Right to Die, The - CORE
Right to Die the right to physician-assisted suicide qualifies as "fundamental" under those cases. We might want to read current law to say that there is a presumptive right8 against government …
Euthanasia: protecting ‘right to die’ by denying ‘right to live’
21 Jan 2013 · 306 ANAESTH, PAIN & INTENSIVE CARE; VOL 16(3) SEP-DEC 2012 euthanasia: protecting ‘right to die’ by denying ‘right to live’ die (omission) is not, but Rachel4 argues that if …
The legality of euthanasia concerning right to life: A …
The question of euthanasia emerges, but just as a man has a right to live, does he have a right to die? Is physician-assisted suicide a crime? In this paper, the researcher has attempted to …
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12 Nov 2016 · A right to die? Euthanasia and the law in Australia Lorana Bartels and Margaret Otlowski* This article examines the legal regulation of active voluntary euthanasia and assisted …
2. Against the Right to Die - JSTOR
Against the Right to Die1 In this chapter I argue that a widely recognized right to die would have the ... Euthanasia and the Right to Death: The Case for Voluntary Euthanasia, ed. A. B. …
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Euthanasia And The Right To Die Jennifer M Scherer: Euthanasia and the Right to Die Jennifer M. Scherer,Rita James Simon,1999 Sensitive and high profile public policy issues often benefit …
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International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 10(01), 398–403 400 Non-Voluntary Euthanasia: This form involves ending the life of an individual who is unable to make their own …
Euthanasia, one’s final human right?
a human right to euthanasia? ‘and (3) ‘should there be a human right to euthanasia?’.6 Second, this research aims to answer how a human right to euthanasia would apply to minors. In other …
Protecting Patients’ Autonomy: Supporting the “Right to Die”
such an action is entirely morally justifiable. For the purposes of this essay I will use euthanasia to mean “directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake,” …
The Debate Over Euthanasia and Human Rights - eujournal.org
of "common law". In addition to a high number of court cases, the "right to die" has challenged legislation that banned euthanasia and asked the panels to define the circumstances in which …
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life - JSTOR
package of rights is the right not to be killed or allowed to die. This is the right that is characteristically at issue in debates over euthanasia and suicide, not the various welfare rights …
The Right to Die: A Rejoinder to Bruce Wilkinson's Critique - JSTOR
cial benefits' in legalized euthanasia, the 'slippery slope' from voluntary euthanasia to involuntary euthanasia, and a disregard for the 'sanctity of life'. He subscribes to the view that terminally ill …
THE CONCEPT OF RIGHT TO DIE IN INDIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
The literal meaning of Right to die is to intentionally end up the life of a person. Taking about Euthanasia, which is a component of Right to die has been derived from the Greek word “eu” …
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will sure to die. VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA-Voluntary euthanasia means when euthanasia is practiced with the expressed desire and consent of the patient. NON-VOLUNTARY …
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activities of pressure groups such as the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES), the ‘Right to Die’ Societies and other vociferous, usually Humanist, minority groups, ... under a ‘right to die’ law …
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to die, and includes euthanasia and assisted suicide. Aid-in-Dying is a synonymous term. Medical-aid-in-dying would be a doctor assisting someone to die. Euthanasia Euthanasia is an …
Euthanasia, Intentions, and The Doctrine of Killing and Letting Die
support of the distinction between active and passive euthanasia. The statement contains, she argues, an unmistakable objection to euthanasia, both active and passive euthanasia, but …
The right to die with dignity in Colombia - MedCrave online
The euthanasia is a controversial topic when we talk about moral ethics, political and judicial character, which it has inspired States ... The right to die with dignity in Colombia is translated …
AGAINST THE RIGHT TO DIE - University of Pittsburgh
institutional right to die. Yet what 'the right to die' usually denotes, and what I have accepted it as denoting for the purposes of this paper, is not the mere absence of institutional barriers to …
A Comparative Analysis of the Right to Die in the Netherlands …
See Peter Doherty, Euthanasia and the Right to Die, LAW AND JUSTICE 60, 63-65 (1983) (discussing the right to die in Great Britain). The British Parliament failed to [VOL. 7:807. THE …
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6 Against the Right to Die ~ J. David Velleman ~ 12.x.04 euthanasia that troubles him is precisely its being an option offered to patients – the very
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12 Jul 2023 · Keywords: Euthanasia, Constitution, Right to Die, Consent. Introduction On the 12th of March, 2003, a Conservative front bench member of the UK House of Lords, Frederick …
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Key Words: Euthanasia, Right to Die. 1. INTRODUCTION The courts have frequently been called upon to approve and sanction the discontinuance of a patient's life support systems due to a …
Right to Die or Duty to Live? The Problem of Euthanasia - Sci-Hub
the 'right to die' — a right which was eloquently claimed by Bob Dent in a letter to Members of Australian Federal Parliament which Dent dictated to his wife the day before his physician …
Right to Die Vis-à-vis Passive Euthanasia - JETIR
Right to Die Vis-à-vis Passive Euthanasia Anjali Choudhary Department of Law Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur Email ID: anjali.choudhary@vgu.ac.in ABSTRACT: The right to die is …
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well and to die well and whose contribution to this book is much more than the sum of his words. Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-19886-9 — Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide ...
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legal recognition of the right to “passive euthanasia”; and draws upon Article 21 – the right to life – of the Constitution of India ... case, expressed as the right to die with dignity) under Article 21.” …
Euthanasia - A Level Philosophy
Voluntary euthanasia is euthanasia when the patient wants to die and has expressed this choice. Each of these three types can be either active or passive. Active euthanasia is when the ...
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IV. International situation over Euthanasia There is not a “right to die” under international humanitarian law. “Right to good deat h” cannot be inferred from the ordinary meaning of any …
The Right to Die – Euthanasia and Assisted Dying Under the …
The Right to Die Euthanasia and Assisted Dying nder the European Convention on Human Rights Vildan Drpljanin Introduction “Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.” …
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the complicated dimensions of Euthanasia and the Right to Die with Dignity under Article 21 on the basis of the Indian Constitution. The insights on global perspectives, and landmark …
