Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Setting the Stage; 2 Criteria for Rational Suicide; 3 Clarifying and Revising the Criteria; 4 Application Issues; 5 What Standards?; 6 Relativism and Cross-Cultural Assessment; 7 The Role of Religion; 8 Assessment Latitude; 9 The Realities of Cross-Cultural Assessment; Works Cited; Index
Summary
Prado addresses the question of whether it is rational to end one's life in order to escape devastating terminal illness