Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

Emanuel, Linda L

ISBN 10: 0674666542 / ISBN 13: 9780674666542

Editore: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1998

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326pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Essential reading for anyone who has been handed a terminal diagnosis, for people close to those facing such a diagnosis, for professionals, including physicians, nurses, clergy, lawyers, legislators - indeed, for anyone who has considered the moral and political debate over doctor-assisted suicide.

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• Titolo: Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide
• Editore: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674666542
• ISBN 13: 9780674666542
• Rilegatura: Softcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition.
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: N/A
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Culture and Society

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Riassunto

Addressing the subject of euthanasia, medical ethicist Dr. Linda Emanuel assembles testimony from leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia--but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complex and often heart-rending issue.

L'autore

Linda L. Emanuel is Vice President for Ethics Standards of the American Medical Association.