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BL
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704229
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b526418
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| Title & Author
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Euthanasia : : opposing viewpoints /\ James D. Torr, book editor
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| Publication Statement
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San Diego :: Greenhaven Press,, 2000
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| Series Statement
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Opposing viewpoint series
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208 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0737701269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0737701277 (lib. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Voluntary euthanasia is ethical / Derek Humphry -- Voluntary euthanasia is unethical / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Euthanasia violates Christian beliefs / JMichigan Catholic Conference -- Euthanasia does not violate Christian beliefs / John Shelby Spong -- Voluntary euthanasia shows compassion for the dying / Marcia Angell -- Arguments for euthanasia are unconvincing / International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force -- Voluntary euthanasia should be legalized / Faye J. Girsh -- Voluntary euthanasia should not be legalized / Yale Kamisar -- Legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands has not harmed Dutch society / Ellen Goodman -- Legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands has harmed Dutch society / Terry Golway -- Hospice care can make assisted suicide unnecessary / Joe Loconte -- Dying patients should have access to both hospice care and assisted suicide / Timothy E. Quill -- Legalizing euthanasia would lead to involuntary killing / James Thornton -- Legalizing euthanasia would not lead to involuntary killing / Gerald A. Larue -- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would threaten the disabled / Diane Coleman -- Legalizing voluntary euthanasia would not threaten the disabled / Hemlock Society -- Safeguards cannot prevent abuse of legalized euthanasia / Herbert Hendin -- Safeguards an prevent abuse of legalized euthanasia / Part I: David Orentlicher, Part II: Robert Young -- Assisted suicide is an ethically acceptable practice for physicians / Kenneth Cauthen -- Assisted suicide is not an ethically acceptable practice for physicians / Lonnie R. Bristow -- Physicians should be legally permitted to assist in suicide / Derek Humphry and Mary Clement -- Physicians should not be legally permitted to assist in suicide / Leon R. Kass and Nelson Lund
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| Abstract
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Considers opposing opinions on various issues concerning euthanasia, addressing such questions as is euthanasia ethical, should voluntary euthanasia be legalized, would legalization lead to involuntary killing, and should physicians assist in suicide.
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Assisted suicide
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Assisted suicide-- Juvenile literature
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Euthanasia
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Euthanasia-- Juvenile literature
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Medical ethics
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Medical ethics-- Juvenile literature
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Torr, James D.,1974-
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