A collection of controversial essays that debate issues associated with death and dying including doctor-assisted suicide, hospice care, and belief in an afterlife.
Presents overviews of four important court cases related to euthanasia, along with twenty essays that examine facets of the cases, arguing opposing points.
Presents a series of debates covering the controversial issue of assisted suicide and addresses topics such as whether it is ethical, legalizing physician-assisted suicide, and global approval of assisted suicide.
Twenty-two essays present debate several issues regarding death, including end-of-life care, how the dying and their loved ones cope, efforts to lengthen the human life span, and the question of an afterlife.
Authors debate the issues on whether individuals have the right to die as they wish or whether society has a vested interest in opposing all methods for hastening death.
