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Euthanasia / Loreta M. Medina, book editor.

Contributor(s): Medina, Loreta M [(ed.)].
Series: The history of issues ; Opposing viewpoints series. Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005Description: 235 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0737720050 (hbk.).Subject(s): Euthanasia -- History | Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects | Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- History | Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 179.7
Contents:
Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Euthanasia and suicide in ancient and modern times. 1. Views on euthanasia and suicide from ancient Greece to the Middle Ages / Michael M. Uhlmann. 2. Euthanasia from the Renaissance through the early Twentieth Century / Derek Humphry and Ann Wickett. 3. The first euthanasia society in the United States / Charles Francis Potter. 4. "Euthanasia" in Nazi Germany / U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. 5. The euthanasia debate in the 1950s and the 1960s / Ian Dowbiggin. - Ch. 2. Legal battles. 1. The Quinlan case establishes the right to have life support withdrawn / Charles E. Hughes. 2. The law requires clear evidence of a patient's wish to forgo life-sustaining treatment / William Rehnquist. 3. The Hemlock Society starts the movement to legalize assisted suicide / Derek Humphry and Mary Clement. 4. The Supreme Court upholds a state's ban on assisted suicide / William Rehnquist. 5. Assisted suicide could be legalized in the future / Ronald Dworkin. 6. The continuing legal battle over physician-assisted suicide in Oregon / Lawrence Rudden. - Ch. 3. The ethical debate. 1. Assisted suicide is a transgression of divine sovereignty / John J. Paris and Michael P. Moreland. 2. Assisted suicide does not violate the sanctity of life / John Shelby Spong. 3. Legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands has resulted in many deaths without consent / Herbert Hendin. 4. Physician-assisted suicide is morally justified / Kenneth Cauthen. - Ch. 4. Physicians and assisted suicide. 1. Assisting in suicide is part of a physician's duty / Jack Kevorkian. 2. Physician-assisted suicide subverts the role of doctors as healers / Lonnie R. Bristow. 3. Patients need better end-of-life care rather than assisted suicide / Kathleen Foley. 4. When palliative care fails, assisted suicide should be an option / Timothy E. Quill. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.
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Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Euthanasia and suicide in ancient and modern times. 1. Views on euthanasia and suicide from ancient Greece to the Middle Ages / Michael M. Uhlmann. 2. Euthanasia from the Renaissance through the early Twentieth Century / Derek Humphry and Ann Wickett. 3. The first euthanasia society in the United States / Charles Francis Potter. 4. "Euthanasia" in Nazi Germany / U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. 5. The euthanasia debate in the 1950s and the 1960s / Ian Dowbiggin. - Ch. 2. Legal battles. 1. The Quinlan case establishes the right to have life support withdrawn / Charles E. Hughes. 2. The law requires clear evidence of a patient's wish to forgo life-sustaining treatment / William Rehnquist. 3. The Hemlock Society starts the movement to legalize assisted suicide / Derek Humphry and Mary Clement. 4. The Supreme Court upholds a state's ban on assisted suicide / William Rehnquist. 5. Assisted suicide could be legalized in the future / Ronald Dworkin. 6. The continuing legal battle over physician-assisted suicide in Oregon / Lawrence Rudden. - Ch. 3. The ethical debate. 1. Assisted suicide is a transgression of divine sovereignty / John J. Paris and Michael P. Moreland. 2. Assisted suicide does not violate the sanctity of life / John Shelby Spong. 3. Legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands has resulted in many deaths without consent / Herbert Hendin. 4. Physician-assisted suicide is morally justified / Kenneth Cauthen. - Ch. 4. Physicians and assisted suicide. 1. Assisting in suicide is part of a physician's duty / Jack Kevorkian. 2. Physician-assisted suicide subverts the role of doctors as healers / Lonnie R. Bristow. 3. Patients need better end-of-life care rather than assisted suicide / Kathleen Foley. 4. When palliative care fails, assisted suicide should be an option / Timothy E. Quill. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.