The Case Against Assisted Suicide

The Case Against Assisted Suicide For the Right to End-of-Life Care

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Publisher's Synopsis

In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Herbert Hendin uncover why pleas for patient autonomy and compassion, often used in favor of legalizing euthanasia, do not advance or protect the rights of terminally ill patients. Incisive essays by authorities in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics draw on studies done in the Netherlands, Oregon, and Australia by the editors and contributors that show the dangers that legalization of assisted suicide would pose to the most vulnerable patients. Thoughtful and persuasive, this book urges the medical profession to improve palliative care and develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing those who are terminally ill.

Book information

ISBN: 9780801879012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 522g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 21mm