Contributor
Merino, Noël.
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012.
Description177 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:Should assisted suicide be legal? Overview : Americans' views on legalizing assisted suicide / David Masci. Yes : Assisted Suicide should be legal. People have the right to commit suicide / Thomas Bowden -- Physician-assisted death should be a last resort option / Timothy E. Quill -- Parents should have the right to choose assisted suicide for thier children / Jacob M. Appel -- No : Assisted suicide should not be legal. There is no justification for legalizing euthanasia / Peter C. Glover -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be legal / Rita L. Marker and Kathi Hamlon -- The euthanasia of children should not be allowed / Wesley J. Smith -- Is assisted suicide moral? Overview : Americans' views on the morality of assisted suicide / Joseph Carroll -- It is compassionate to permit assisted suicide / A.C. Grayling -- It is merciful to help a terminally ill person die / Margery Fridstein -- Rejecting physician-assisted suicide in all situations relies on faulty moral reasoning / Constantine A. Manthous -- Active euthanasia is never morally justified / Doug McManaman -- Does assisted suicide lead to abuses? Yes : Assisted suicide leads to abuses. Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at the greatest risk / Mark P. Mostert -- Decriminalizing assisted suicide will result in failure to prosecute killers / Wesley J. Smith -- People will be encouraged to die because of health care costs / Daniel Allott -- No : Assisted suicide does not lead to abuses. The legalization of assisted suicide does not lead to a slippery slope / Arthur Schafer -- Failing to allow assisted suicide results in unecessary tragedies / Gary Cartwright -- Does assisted suicide work well where it is legal? Overview : Legal assisted suicide in the United States / Brad Knickerbocker -- Yes : Assisted suicide works well where it is legal. Assisted suicide works well in Oregon / Kathryn L. Tucker -- Legal assisted suicide in Oregon has led to improved palliative care / Courtney S. Campbell -- No : Assisted suicide does not work well where it is legal. Assisted suicide in Oregon does not have adequate safeguards / Oregon Right to Life -- Assisted suicide in the Netherlands has expanded to active euthanasia / Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-167) and index.
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