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The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate: Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America

Autor Demetra M. Pappas
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 sep 2012 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313341878
ISBN-10: 0313341877
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 15
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Case studies explain contemporary legal techniques in the handling of euthanasia and assisted-suicide prosecutions, including those involving doctors, nurses, and family members

Notă biografică

Demetra M. Pappas, JD, MSc, PhD, holds a law degree from Fordham University School of Law and a master of science degree in criminal justice policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Cuprins

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Medical Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Twentieth-Century Issue2 The 1930s and 1940s: From the King of England to the Holocaust3 The 1950s: The First Anglo-American Prosecutions for Medical Euthanasia and the Resulting Academic Debate4 The 1960s-1980s: Decriminalizing Suicide and Non-Voluntary Euthanasia of Those in Persistent Vegetative States5 The 1990s and Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian: From Physician-Assisted Suicide to Medical Euthanasia6 The 1990s: The Non-Michigan Parallel Text of Doctor Prosecution and Initial Failed Legislative Efforts7 Legalizing and Implementing Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon in the 1990s and 2000s8 The 2000s: Post-Millennium Case Studies of State Reactions to Euthanasia and Assisted SuicideConcluding CommentaryAppendix: Table of Cases, Legislation, Proposed Legislation, and InitiativesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

The Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Debate is a thorough yet concise review of the history and development of medical euthanasia and assisted suicide. . . . Part of Greenwood's Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America series, this offers complete coverage of every aspect of the euthanasia debate and would be a great addition to public, high school, and undergraduate libraries. This book removes the typical pro-con approach taken with controversial topics and simply provides information-leaving readers to arrive at their own conclusions, making it an invaluable resource for students.
This book provides a cogent and systematic analysis of the issue. Arguments against euthanasia as well as those supporting it are well presented here.