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.
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Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews.
Diane E. Meier, Doctors' Attitudes and Experiences with Physician-Assisted Death: A Review of the Literature. Gregg A. Kasting, The Nonnecessity of Euthanasia. G. Steven Neeley, The Constitutionality of Elective and Physician-Assisted Death. Franklin G. Miller and John C. Fletcher, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia. David C. Thomasma, The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide. Evelyne Shuster, Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Destiny: The Case of Thomas Donaldson. Index.
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Well-organized, competent discussions of ethical and practical arguments...chapters are clearly written and easy to read...a necessary introduction for intelligent decision-making. - Canadian Medical Association Journal
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ISBN
9780896032651
Publisert
1994-02-04
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Vendor
Humana Press Inc.
Vekt
930 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Professional/practitioner, UU, P, UP, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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