| Description |
xv, 340 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Euthanasia and the value of life / John Harris -- A philosophical case against euthanasia / John Finnis -- The philosophical case against the philosophical case against euthanasia / John Harris -- The fragile case for euthanasia: a reply to John Harris / John Finnis -- Final thoughts on final acts / John Harris -- Misunderstanding the case against euthanasia: response to Harris's first reply / John Finnis -- Euthanasia: back to the future / Kenneth Boyd -- The case for legalising voluntary euthanasia / Jean Davies |
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Extracts from the report of the House of Lords select committee on medical ethics -- Walton, Davies, Boyd and the legalization of euthanasia / Luke Gormally -- Where there is hope, there is life: a view from the hospice / Robert G. Twycross -- Letting vegetative patients die / Bryan Jennett -- A Case for sometimes tube-feeding patients in persistent vegetative state / Joseph Boyle -- Dilemmas at life's end: a comparative legal perspective / Dieter Giesen -- Physician-assisted suicide: the last bridge to active voluntary euthanasia / Yale Kamisar -- Euthanasia in the Netherlands: sliding down the slippery slope? / John Keown -- Advance directives: a legal and ethical analysis / Stuart Hornett -- Theological aspects of euthanasia / Anthony Fisher |
| Notes |
Reprinted with revisions; originally published in 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Euthanasia -- Law and legislation.
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Euthanasia -- Medical ethics
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Euthanasia -- Miscellanea.
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Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Euthanasia.
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Euthanasia.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Euthanasia.
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Euthanasia, Passive.
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Suicide, Assisted.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Euthanasia, Passive.
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Euthanasia.
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Suicide, Assisted.
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| Genre/Form |
Legislation.
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| Author |
Keown, John.
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| ISBN |
0521586135 (paperback) |
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