Giving Death a Helping Hand
Physician-assisted suicide and public policy. An international perspective
If it comes to choosing between methods of last resort for severely suffering, physician-assisted suicide will probably prove more acceptable as a method of last resort than active euthanasia both to patients, to legislators and to the general public. From the perspective of patients, physician-assisted suicide is a more unambiguous expression of the patient's autonomous will. From the legislator's perspective it seems less liable to misuse and abuse. And often the availability of assisted suicide, instead of shortening the life of a patient, has proved to prolong it. Public policy has begun to respond to this prospect. Notably in Switzerland…
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Weitere Autoren: Dahl, Edgar (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6495-1
- EAN: 9781402064951
- Produktnummer: 8594068
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.6 cm x D1.6 cm 391 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 38
- Gewicht: 391
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