Assisted suicide /
Assisted suicide /
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012.
- 177 pages ; 25 cm.
- Current controversies .
- Current controversies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-167) and index.
Should assisted suicide be legal? Overview : Americans' views on legalizing assisted suicide / Physician-assisted death should be a last resort option / Parents should have the right to choose assisted suicide for thier children / No : Assisted suicide should not be legal. There is no justification for legalizing euthanasia / Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be legal / The euthanasia of children should not be allowed / Is assisted suicide moral? Overview : Americans' views on the morality of assisted suicide / It is compassionate to permit assisted suicide / It is merciful to help a terminally ill person die / Rejecting physician-assisted suicide in all situations relies on faulty moral reasoning / Active euthanasia is never morally justified / Does assisted suicide lead to abuses? Yes : Assisted suicide leads to abuses. Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at the greatest risk / Decriminalizing assisted suicide will result in the failure to prosecute killers / People will be encouraged to die because of health care costs / No : Assisted suicide does not lead to abuses. The legalization of assisted suicide does not lead to a slippery slope / Failing to allow assisted suicide results in unnecessary tragedies / Does assisted suicide work well where it is legal? Overview : Legal assisted suicide in the United States / Yes : Assisted suicide works well where it is legal. Assisted suicide works well in Oregon / Legal assisted suicide in Oregon has led to improved palliative care / No : Assisted suicide does not work well where it is legal. Assisted suicide in Oregon does not have adequate safeguards / Assisted suicide in the Netherlands has expanded to active euthanasia / David Masci. Yes : Assisted Suicide should be legal. People have the right to commit suicide / Thomas Bowden -- Timothy E. Quill -- Jacob M. Appel -- Peter C. Glover -- Rita L. Marker and Kathi Hamlon -- Wesley J. Smith -- Joseph Carroll -- A.C. Grayling -- Margery Fridstein -- Constantine A. Manthous -- Doug McManaman -- Mark P. Mostert -- Wesley J. Smith -- Daniel Allott -- Arthur Schafer -- Gary Cartwright -- Brad Knickerbocker -- Kathryn L. Tucker -- Courtney S. Campbell -- Oregon Right to Life -- Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.
"Assisted Suicide: This series covers today's most current national and international issues and the most important opinions of the past and present. The purpose of the series is to introduce readers to all sides of contemporary controversies."--
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Assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide--Social aspects.
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--Suicide.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Science--General.
Assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia--Social aspects.
Euthanasia.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Science--General.
Euthanasia--Ethical aspects.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--Suicide.
R726 / .A8533 2012
362.28
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-167) and index.
Should assisted suicide be legal? Overview : Americans' views on legalizing assisted suicide / Physician-assisted death should be a last resort option / Parents should have the right to choose assisted suicide for thier children / No : Assisted suicide should not be legal. There is no justification for legalizing euthanasia / Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be legal / The euthanasia of children should not be allowed / Is assisted suicide moral? Overview : Americans' views on the morality of assisted suicide / It is compassionate to permit assisted suicide / It is merciful to help a terminally ill person die / Rejecting physician-assisted suicide in all situations relies on faulty moral reasoning / Active euthanasia is never morally justified / Does assisted suicide lead to abuses? Yes : Assisted suicide leads to abuses. Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at the greatest risk / Decriminalizing assisted suicide will result in the failure to prosecute killers / People will be encouraged to die because of health care costs / No : Assisted suicide does not lead to abuses. The legalization of assisted suicide does not lead to a slippery slope / Failing to allow assisted suicide results in unnecessary tragedies / Does assisted suicide work well where it is legal? Overview : Legal assisted suicide in the United States / Yes : Assisted suicide works well where it is legal. Assisted suicide works well in Oregon / Legal assisted suicide in Oregon has led to improved palliative care / No : Assisted suicide does not work well where it is legal. Assisted suicide in Oregon does not have adequate safeguards / Assisted suicide in the Netherlands has expanded to active euthanasia / David Masci. Yes : Assisted Suicide should be legal. People have the right to commit suicide / Thomas Bowden -- Timothy E. Quill -- Jacob M. Appel -- Peter C. Glover -- Rita L. Marker and Kathi Hamlon -- Wesley J. Smith -- Joseph Carroll -- A.C. Grayling -- Margery Fridstein -- Constantine A. Manthous -- Doug McManaman -- Mark P. Mostert -- Wesley J. Smith -- Daniel Allott -- Arthur Schafer -- Gary Cartwright -- Brad Knickerbocker -- Kathryn L. Tucker -- Courtney S. Campbell -- Oregon Right to Life -- Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.
"Assisted Suicide: This series covers today's most current national and international issues and the most important opinions of the past and present. The purpose of the series is to introduce readers to all sides of contemporary controversies."--
9780737756128 0737756128 9780737756135 0737756136
2011041397
Assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide--Social aspects.
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--Suicide.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Science--General.
Assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia--Social aspects.
Euthanasia.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Science--General.
Euthanasia--Ethical aspects.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Social Issues--Suicide.
R726 / .A8533 2012
362.28