Assisted suicide : finding common ground / edited by Lois Snyder and Arthur L. Caplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snyder, Lois, 1961-

Caplan, Arthur L.

Series:

Medical ethics series ; v. 25.

Medical ethics ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assisted suicide.

Physical Description:

x, 232 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]

Contents:

1 Physician-Assisted Suicide and Changes in Care of the Dying: The Oregon Perspective / Katrina Hedberg, M.D., M.P.H., Susan W. Tolle, M.D. 7

2 Assisted Suicide and Refusal of Treatment: Valid Distinction or Distinction without a Difference? / Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D., Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Lois Snyder, J.D. 17

3 The Role of Guidelines in the Practice of Physician-Assisted Suicide / Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., Lois Snyder, J.D., Kathy Faber-Langendoen, M.D. 29

4 Ought Assisted Suicide Be Only Physician Assisted? / Kathy Faber-Langendoen, M.D., Jason H. T. Karlawish, M.D. 44

5 Can Assisted Suicide Be Regulated? / David Orentlicher, M.D., J.D., Lois Snyder, J.D. 55

6 Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative / Timothy E. Quill, M.D., Barbara Coombs Lee, P.A., F.N.P., J.D., Sally J. Nunn, R.N. 70

7 Responding to Legal Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide / James A. Tulsky, M.D., Ralph Ciampa, S.T.M., Elliott J. Rosen, Ed.D. 84

8 Lessons from the Dying / Frank Davidoff, M.D. 98

Appendix A. Assisted Suicide: An Annotated Bibliography / Peter N. Poon, J.D., M.A. 107

Appendix B. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act 135

Appendix C. U.S. Supreme Court Decision: Washington et al. v. Glucksberg et al. 143

Appendix D. U.S. Supreme Court Decision: Vacco, Attorney General of New York, et al. v. Quill et al. 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0253339774

OCLC:

46359660