Physician-assisted dying : the case for palliative care and patient choice / edited by Timothy E. Quill and Margaret P. Battin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quill, Timothy E.

Battin, M. Pabst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assisted suicide.

Right to die.

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Terminal care.

Patient satisfaction.

Suicide, Assisted.

Euthanasia.

Palliative Care.

Right to Die.

Medical Subjects:

Suicide, Assisted.

Euthanasia.

Palliative Care.

Right to Die.

Physical Description:

xv, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The indispensable starting place for anyone wishing to become better informed about the present arguments over physician-assisted dying." -- "Humanist in Canada"

"A very persuasive brief, combining empirical data, logical argumentation, and appeals to compassion." -- "JAMA

Contents:

The quality of mercy / Marcia Angell

Nonabandonment: a central obligation for physicians / Timothy E. Quill and Christine K. Cassel

The role of autonomy in choosing physician aid-in-dying / Thomas Preston, Martin Gunderson, and David J. Mayo

Disability and physician-assisted dying / Andrew I. Batavia

When suffering patients seek death / Eric J. Cassell

Why do people seek physician-assisted death? / Robert A. Pearlman and Helene Starks

Doctor/patient communication about physician-assisted suicide / Anthony L. Back

When hastened death is neither killing nor letting-die / Tom L. Beauchamp

Physician-assisted suicide as last resort option at the end of life / Dan W. Brock

Death: a friend to be welcomed, not an enemy to be defeated / John Shelby Spong

The Oregon experience / Linda Ganzini

The distortion of cases in Oregon / Peter Goodwin

A model that integrates assisted dying with excellent end-of-life care / Barbara Coombs-Lee

Thirty years of experience with euthanasia in the Netherlands: focusing on the patient as a person / Johannes J.M. van Delden, Jaap J.F. Visser, and Els Borst-Eilers

The death of my father / Herman H. van der Kloot Meijburg

Assisted death in the Netherlands: physicians at the bedside when help is requested / Gerrit K. Kimsma and Evert van Leeuwen

Political strategy and legal change / Eli D. Stutsman

Legal advocacy to improve care and expand options at the end of life / Kathryn L. Tucker

Physician-assisted suicide: shifting the focus from means to ends / Alan Meisel

Choice in dying: a political and constitutional context / Sylvia A. Law

Hastening death: the seven deadly sins of the status quo / Charles H. Baron

Conclusion: excellent palliative care as the standard, and physician-assisted dying as a last resort / Timothy E. Quill and Margaret P. Battin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801880696

080188070X

OCLC:

55139064