Euthanasia : opposing viewpoints / Neal Bernards, book editor.
Through a collection of writings, various aspects of the subject of euthanasia are explored including the pro-life movement and the legality of living wills.
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San Diego, CA :
Greenhaven Press,
©1989.
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Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- Euthanasia is ethical / Margaret Pabst Battin
- Euthanasia is unethical / Joyce Ann Schofield
- The right to die is ethical / E. Fritz Schmerl
- The right to die is unethical / Charlotte Low
- Passive and active euthanasia are equally acceptable / James Rachels
- Passive and active euthanasia are not equally acceptable / Robert Campbell and Diane Collinson
- Euthanasia should be legalized / Elizabeth Ogg
- Euthanasia should not be legalized / Stephen G. Potts
- Food and water must always be provided / Fred Rosner
- Food and water must not always be provided / Dan W. Brock
- Doctors should support euthanasia decisions / Howard Caplan
- Doctors should oppose euthanasia decisions / Nat Hentoff
- Euthanasia should be based on the quality of life / Norman L. Cantor
- Euthanasia should not be based on the quality of life / Sheryl A. Russ
- Euthanasia should be based on age / Daniel Callahan
- Euthanasia should not be based on age / Roy A. Fox
- Euthanasia should be based on economic factors / Richard D. Lamm
- Euthanasia should not be based on economic factors / Dana E. Johnson
- Patients should decide / Gerald A. Larue
- Doctors should decide / Christiaan Barnard
- Families should decide / Susan M. Wolf
- Communities should decide / Ezekiel J. Emanuel
- Living wills should be used / Judith Areen
- Living wills should not be used / George A. Kendall
- Active infant euthanasia is acceptable / Earl E. Shelp
- Active infant euthanasia is not acceptable / Arthur Caplan [and others]
- Handicapped infants should always be treated / David Andrusko
- Handicapped infants should not always be treated / Rasa Gustaitis and Ernle W.D. Young
- Parents and doctors should decide whether infant euthanasia is ethical / David G. McLone
- Committees should decide whether infant euthanasia is ethical / Ruth Macklin.