Arguing Euthanasia The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, And The "Right To Die"

by Moreno, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780684807607
• ISBN10: 0684807602
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

The proliferation of life-prolonging technology in recent years has made the controversy over the "right to die" and physician-assisted suicide one of the most explosive medical and ethical issues of our day. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's "suicide machine" has commanded front-page coverage for several years, while in 1994 Oregon passed a measure allowing the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescriptions for suicide, and other states have placed similar proposals on their ballots.

Author Biography

Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., is the Director of the Division of Humanities in Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn and is the author of several books on medical ethics. He lives in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
It's Not Over Yet, Debbie	p. 27
It's Over, Debbie	p. 31
Doctors Must Not Kill	p. 33
Debbie's Dying: Mercy Killing and the Good Death	p. 37
Fashioning an Ethic for Life and Death in a Post-Modern Society	p. 42
Through Doctors' Eyes	p. 51
Death and Dignity--A Case of Individualized Decision Making	p. 55
A Question of Mercy	p. 63
The Dutch Model	p. 77
Helping a Man Kill Himself, as Shown on Dutch TV	p. 81
A Dozen Caveats Concerning the Discussion of Euthanasia in the Netherlands	p. 88
The Slippery Slope of Euthanasia	p. 110
Euthanasia--The Need for Procedural Safeguards	p. 113
Northwest Passage: Debate on the Pacific Coast	p. 119
Physicians' Aid in Dying	p. 123
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Flight from Compassion	p. 133
When Medicine Lost Its Moral Conscience: Oregon Measure 16	p. 140
Voices For and Against	p. 169
Vital Distinctions, Mortal Questions: Debating Euthanasia and Health Care Costs	p. 173
Euthanasia	p. 196
Death with Dignity and the Sanctity of Life	p. 211
In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia	p. 237
If You Love Her, Help Her Die	p. 241
Life Is Sacred: That's the Easy Part	p. 246
Acknowledgments	p. 253
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