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Author:

Prado, C. G.

Title:

Choosing to die : elective death and multiculturalism / C.G. Prado.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xi, 211 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Right to die.
Patient refusal of treatment.
Death--Moral and ethical aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Right to Die--ethics.
Attitude to Death.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Cultural Diversity.
Ethical Relativism.
Euthanasia, Active--ethics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205)-207) and index.

Contents:

Setting the stage -- Criteria for rational suicide -- Clarifying and revising the criteria -- Application issues -- What standards? -- Relativism and cross-cultural assessment -- The role of religion -- Assessment latitude -- The realities of cross-cultural assessment.

ISBN:

0521697581 (pbk.)
9780521697583 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2007031648

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)