| Description |
viii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. History of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide : philosophical, religious, and clinical contexts -- Ch. 2. Legal status of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Ch. 3. Do not resuscitate orders, living wills, and surrogate decision making -- Ch. 4. Research issues in assisted suicide and euthanasia : methods and opportunities for future research -- Ch. 5. Influence of depression and psychosocial factors on physician-assisted suicide -- Ch. 6. The role of pain and other physical symptoms in the desire for hastened death -- Ch. 7. End-of-life decision making -- Ch. 8. Lessons learned from the Netherlands -- Ch. 9. The Oregon experiment -- Ch. 10. Where do we go from here? |
| Summary |
"In Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die: the Interface of Social Science, Public Policy, and Medical Ethics, Barry Rosenfeld examines how social science can inform policy and practice in the ongoing debates on end-of-life matters. While moral and ethical aspects of the controversy may not be the domain of science, many questions are amenable to scientific study, including the degree to which untreated pain or depression fuel requests for assisted suicide."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index |
| Subject |
Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Right to die -- Psychological aspects.
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Right to die -- Social aspects.
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Euthanasia -- Psychological aspects.
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Euthanasia -- Social aspects.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Euthanasia.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Physicians.
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| Author |
American Psychological Association.
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| LC no. |
2004000157 |
| ISBN |
1591471028 alkaline paper |
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