euthanasia

A discussion of the moral, religious, legal, and personal issues surrounding euthanasia, suicide, and the right to die.

Presents a wide diversity of opinions on euthanasia, and includes discussions on ethics, legalization, physician-assisted suicide, decisions, and infant euthanasia.

Contains twenty-one essays thatprovide a variety of perspectives on euthanasia, discussing assisted death in modern practice, the withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment, and physician-assisted suicide, and including a selection of personal narratives.

Twenty-four articles present opposing viewpoints on questions regarding euthanasia, including whether it is ethical, whether physician-assisted suicide should be legal, whether legalizing voluntary euthanasia would lead to abuses, and when life support should be stopped.

A reference guide to issues related to the right to die and euthanasia, providing an overview of the topic, discussing the laws of euthanasia, and including a chronology, biographical listing, glossary, a guide to conducting research, an annotated bibliography, and a list of organizations and agencies.

An overview of issues related to euthanasia that discusses legal, medical, and spiritual aspects of the debate and provides historical and international perspectives on the controversy over assisted suicide. Includes a chronology, resourses, and suggestions for further reading.

Addresses the ethical, moral, and legal issues raised by the subject of euthanasia.

Examines the debate over whether gravely ill people have a right to choose to die rather than have their lives medically extended, and includes a list of organizations for further information.