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Rational suicide : is it possible? : reflections on the suicide of Martin Manley / David Lester.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lester, David.
- Series:
- Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.
- Psychiatry - theory, applications and treatments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manley, Martin.
- Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Suicide.
- Rational suicide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is slowly becoming accepted that people with terminal illnesses who are suffering physically and mentally from the illness have the moral and legal right to choose suicide and, in some jurisdictions, they have the ability to obtain assistance from others in accomplishing their suicide. Physician-assisted suicide is legal in Oregon and other regions of the USA and in some countries such as Switzerland. However, the presence of a psychiatric disorder in the individual usually makes it illegal for a physician to assist individuals (by prescribing a lethal dose of medication) in dying by suicid
- Contents:
- part 1. Introduction
- part 2. Martin's essays
- part 3. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62948-729-5
- OCLC:
- 868928133
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