The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate
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The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate

About this book

This revealing volume explores recent historical perspectives on the modern euthanasia and assisted-suicide debate and the political arenas in which it has unfolded. Emotional public responses to widely publicized right-to-die and euthanasia cases, such as those revolving around Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Terri Schiavo, highlight their volatile mix of medical, ethical, religious, legal, and public policy issues. The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate explores how this debate has evolved over the past 100 years as judicial approaches, legislative responses, and prosecutorial practices have shifted as a result of changes in medical technology and consumer sophistication. Emphasizing the period from the 1950s forward, the book offers an unbiased examination of the origins of the modern medical euthanasia and assisted-suicide debates, the involvement of physicians, the history and significance of medical technology and practice, and the role of patients and their families in the ongoing controversy. This illuminating exploration of concepts, issues, and players will help readers understand both sides of the debate as viewed by participants.

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Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780313341878
eBook ISBN
9798216081654
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Medical Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Twentieth-Century Issue
  8. 2 The 1930s and 1940s: From the King of England to the Holocaust
  9. 3 The 1950s: The First Anglo-American Prosecutions for Medical Euthanasia and the Resulting Academic Debate
  10. 4 The 1960s–1980s: Decriminalizing Suicide and Non-Voluntary Euthanasia of Those in Persistent Vegetative States
  11. 5 The 1990s and Jack “Dr. Death” Kevorkian: From Physician-Assisted Suicide to Medical Euthanasia
  12. 6 The 1990s: The Non-Michigan Parallel Text of Doctor Prosecution and Initial Failed Legislative Efforts
  13. 7 Legalizing and Implementing Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon in the 1990s and 2000s
  14. 8 The 2000s: Post-Millennium Case Studies of State Reactions to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
  15. Concluding Commentary
  16. Appendix: Table of Cases, Legislation, Proposed Legislation, and Initiatives
  17. Glossary
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index