Right to Die Versus Sacredness of Life
eBook - ePub

Right to Die Versus Sacredness of Life

  1. 294 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Right to Die Versus Sacredness of Life

About this book

This volume, published as a special issue from "OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying" presents a number of theoretical and empirical articles on the topic of euthanasia, doctor-assisted suicide and suicide. We have examined the first extended data available in America with regard to the 93 physician-assisted deaths of Drs. Kevorkian and Reding. We examine the roles of biological verses psychological factors in the patient's decision to actively hasten their death. The role of gender, age, social economic status, ethnic-national-religious ancestry and marital-status have been examined in depth through quasi-psychological autopsies when available, often with very troubling implications. In addition, we present some preliminary work on seven cases of physician-assisted suicides in Australia.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Who Decides? The Connecting Thread of Euthanasia, Eugenics, and Doctor-Assisted Suicide
  8. Hippocrates, Maimonides and the Doctors Responsibility
  9. Gender, Pain, and Doctor Involvement: High School Student Attitudes
  10. Effect of the Doctor on College Studentsā€™ Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide
  11. Doctor Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of Public Opinion of Michigan Adults
  12. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: The Pharmacistā€™s Perspective
  13. Potential Psychodynamic Factors in Physician-Assisted Suicide
  14. Psychosocial Versus Biomedical Risk Factors in Kevorkianā€™s First Forty-Seven Physician-Assisted Deaths
  15. Gender and Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of the Kevorkian Cases, 1990-1997
  16. An Update on The Kevorkian-Reding 93 Physician-Assisted Deaths in Michigan: Is Kevorkian a Savior, Serial-Killer or Suicidal Martyr?
  17. Dispensing Death, Desiring Death: An Exploration of Medical Roles and Patient Motivation during the Period of Legalized Euthanasia in Australia
  18. ā€œDispensing Death, Desiring Deathā€ by Annette Street and David Kissane: A Commentary
  19. Of Euphemisms And Euthanasia: The Language Games of the Nazi Doctors and Some Implications for the Modern Euthanasia Movement
  20. Kevorkian, Martha Wichorek and Us: A Personal Account
  21. Michigan Versus Kevorkian
  22. Physician, Hate Thyself: Comments on the Kevorkian Tapes
  23. Looking Death in the Eye: Another Challenge from Doctor Kevorkian
  24. Summary