Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
Contents:
Euthanasia is ethical / Derek Humphry -- Euthanasia is unethical / Ronald Otremba -- Individuals must choose for themselves whether euthanasia is ethical / Ronald Dworkin -- Euthanasia cannot be an ethical individual choice / Gilbert Meilaender -- Assisted suicide is contrary to Judeo-Christian beliefs / J. David Bleich -- Assisted suicide is not contrary to Judeo-Christian beliefs / Joseph Edelheit -- Physician-assisted suicide is ethical / Jack Kevorkian -- Physician-assisted suicide is unethical / Peter J. Bernardi -- Legalizing euthanasia would harm society / Charles J. Dougherty --Legal safeguards can prevent euthanasia from harming society / John A. Pridonoff -- Legalizing euthanasia would encourage suicide / Edward J. Larson -- Legalizing euthanasia would not encourage suicide / Lawrence J. Schneiderman .. [et al.] -- Physician-assisted suicide is a constitutional right / Jack Lessenberry -- Physician-assisted suicide is not a constitutional right / John Leo -- Physicians should assist in euthanasia / Timothy E. Quill -- Physicians should not assist in euthanasia / E. Catherine Moroney -- Physician-assisted euthanasia is necessary / Theresa M. Stephany -- Physician-assisted euthanasia is unnecessary / David Cundiff -- Physicians might abuse legalized euthanasia / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- Safeguards could prevent physicians' abuse of euthanasia / Franklin G. Miller ... [et al.] -- Physicians must work to keep euthanasia illegal / Alexander Morgan Capron -- Physicians must work to legalize euthanasia / Frank A. Oski -- Individuals have the right to decide for themselves / Phyllis Taylor -- The family has the right to decide for loved ones / David F. Kelly -- Public policy can guide decisions / William McCord -- Social science can guide decisions / William J. Winslade & Kyriakos S. Markides -- No one has the right to make decisions in support of euthanasia / Daniel Callahan -- Euthanizing anencephalic infants for their organs is ethical / Robert J. Lerer -- Euthanizing anencephalic infants for their organs is unethical / J. Steven Justice -- Parents alone have the right to decide if infant euthanasia is ethical / Patricia M. Phillips -- Parents should not decide alone if infant euthanasia is ethical / Jennifer Stokley.
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