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Medically assisted death / Robert Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: viii, 251 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521880244 (hardback)
  • 0521880246 (hardback)
  • 9780521706162 (pbk.)
  • 0521706165 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R726 .Y64 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death -- Medical futility -- Physician-assisted suicide -- The sanctity of human life -- Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying -- Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death -- Competence and end-of-life decision making -- Advance directives -- Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments -- Non-voluntary euthanasia -- Concluding remarks.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-242) and indexes.

Introduction -- A case for the legalisation of voluntary medically assisted death -- Medical futility -- Physician-assisted suicide -- The sanctity of human life -- Killing versus letting die, the doctrine of double effect, and palliative care for the dying -- Professional integrity and voluntary medically assisted death -- Competence and end-of-life decision making -- Advance directives -- Voluntary medically assisted death and slippery slope arguments -- Non-voluntary euthanasia -- Concluding remarks.