Assisted Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision?
The case for greater choice at the end of life
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2014
240 pages
978-0-7206-1550-0 (ISBN)
Description
Assisted dying is perhaps one of the most divisive issues of the modern age, generating endless headlines and moral debates. Published in conjunction with the organization Dignity in Dying, this important new book provides a forum for expert commentators in a variety of fields, including religion and medicine, to explore whether the most humane response to the torment and helplessness of certain severely incapacitated individuals is to assist them in their wish to die. The foreword to this book is by Sir Terry Pratchett
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Content
- Front Cover
- About the book
- Praise
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- 1. A Death at Dignitas
- 2. A History of Assisted Dying in the UK
- 3. Three Suicides, Three Reasons to Die
- 4. A Faith View of Assisted Dying
- 5. Aiding and Abetting Suicide
- 6. Assisted Dying Around the World Today
- 7. Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
- 8. A Nurse's Perspective on End-of-Life Care
- 9. Good Care But a Bad Death
- 10. The Future for Assisted Dying in England and Wales
- 11. A Recent Death at Dignitas
- 12. The Right to an Assisted Death
- Notes
- About the Contributors
- Useful Addresses
- Index
- Copyright
- Contact Us
- Some Authors
- Back Cover
