Assisted suicide /

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-167) and index.

Should assisted suicide be legal? Overview : Americans' views on legalizing assisted suicide / David Masci. Yes : Assisted Suicide should be legal. People have the right to commit suicide / Thomas Bowden -- Physician-assisted death should be a last resort option / Timothy E. Quill -- Parents should have the right to choose assisted suicide for thier children / Jacob M. Appel -- No : Assisted suicide should not be legal. There is no justification for legalizing euthanasia / Peter C. Glover -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be legal / Rita L. Marker and Kathi Hamlon -- The euthanasia of children should not be allowed / Wesley J. Smith -- Is assisted suicide moral? Overview : Americans' views on the morality of assisted suicide / Joseph Carroll -- It is compassionate to permit assisted suicide / A.C. Grayling -- It is merciful to help a terminally ill person die / Margery Fridstein -- Rejecting physician-assisted suicide in all situations relies on faulty moral reasoning / Constantine A. Manthous -- Active euthanasia is never morally justified / Doug McManaman -- Does assisted suicide lead to abuses? Yes : Assisted suicide leads to abuses. Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at the greatest risk / Mark P. Mostert -- Decriminalizing assisted suicide will result in the failure to prosecute killers / Wesley J. Smith -- People will be encouraged to die because of health care costs / Daniel Allott -- No : Assisted suicide does not lead to abuses. The legalization of assisted suicide does not lead to a slippery slope / Arthur Schafer -- Failing to allow assisted suicide results in unnecessary tragedies / Gary Cartwright -- Does assisted suicide work well where it is legal? Overview : Legal assisted suicide in the United States / Brad Knickerbocker -- Yes : Assisted suicide works well where it is legal. Assisted suicide works well in Oregon / Kathryn L. Tucker -- Legal assisted suicide in Oregon has led to improved palliative care / Courtney S. Campbell -- No : Assisted suicide does not work well where it is legal. Assisted suicide in Oregon does not have adequate safeguards / Oregon Right to Life -- Assisted suicide in the Netherlands has expanded to active euthanasia / Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.