| Description |
xii, 140 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Readings in bioethics |
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Readings in bioethics.
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| Contents |
1. Biology, consciousness, and the definition of death / David DeGrazia -- 2. Catholic teaching on prolonging life : setting the record straight / Michael Panicola -- 3. Tube feeding and advance progressive dementia / Stephen G. Post -- 4. Secondary and tertiary palliative care in U.S. hospitals / Charles F. von Gunten -- 5. The Oregon report : don't ask, don't tell / Kathleen Foley and Herbert Hendin -- 6. Responding to requests for physician-assisted suicide : "these are uncharted waters for both of us ..." / Paul B. Bascom and Susan W. Tolle -- 7. Physician-assisted suicide : ten questions / Thomas A. Shannon -- 8. "I could not give her health but I could give her rest" : "it's over, Debbie" / Anonymous -- 9. The history of Euthanasia debates in the United States and Britain / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- 10. Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act / Upper House of the States General, The Netherlands, Parliamentary Year 2000-2001 |
| Notes |
"A Sheed & Ward book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Death -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Right to Die -- ethics.
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Suicide, Assisted -- ethics.
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Attitude to Death.
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Euthanasia -- ethics.
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| Author |
Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-
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| LC no. |
2004001999 |
| ISBN |
0742531937 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0742531945 paperback alkaline paper |
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