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Death talk: the case against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

2002; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 40; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.40-0948

1943-5975

Margaret Somerville,

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

PART ONE: EUTHANASIA AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SOCIETAL PARADIGM 1 Euthanasia, Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm PART TWO: EVOLUTION OF THE EUTHANASIA CONTROVERSY 2 Should the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population 3 The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia 4 Talk in Canada: The Rodriguez Case 5 The Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership 6 Legalizing Euthanasia: Why Now? 7 Euthanasia by Confusion 8 (a) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal by Torsten 0. Nielsen (b) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Rejection of Nielsen's Proposal (c) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response, to Somerville's Rejection by Torsten 0. Nielsen (d) Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Response to Nielsen's Response 9 Executing Euthanasia: A Review Essay 10 Why Aren't Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report PART THREE: UNTREATED PAIN AND EUTHANASIA 11 Pain and at Interfaces of Medicine and Law 12 Ethics, Law, and Palliative Treatment and Care: The Dying Elderly Person 13 The Relief of Suffering: Rights and Medicine 14 Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics PART FOUR: RESPECT FOR DYING PEOPLE AND EUTHANASIA 15 (a) Death at a New York by Engelbert L. Schucking (b) Searching for the Governing Values, Policies, and Attitudes: Commentary on at a New York Hospital 16 (a) Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate by Sylvia D. Stolberg (b) Unpacking the Concept of Dignity in Human(e) Death: Comments on Human Dignity and Disease, Disability and Suffering 17 (a) Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to by ConstantineJohn Falliers (b) Taming the Tiger: Reflections on Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die 18 Debating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay PART FIVE: EUTHANASIA IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE 19 Euthanasia in the Media: Journalists' Values, Media Ethics, and Public Square Messages 20 Euthanasia and the Death Penalty PART SIX: ETHICAL AND LEGAL TOOLS IN THE EUTHANASIA DEBATE 21 Labels versus Contents: Variance between PhiloSophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making 22 Rights and Ethics: Health and Health Care