Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Linda L. Emanuel

Regulating How We Die

The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

Linda L. Emanuel

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Harvard University Press
30 June 1998

Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Sociology: death & dying; International humanitarian law; Medical ethics & professional conduct

"The Supreme Court has ruled that states may prohibit physician-assisted suicide. Expressing the views of his fellow justices, Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote, ""Americans are engaged in an earnest and profound debate about the morality, legality, and practicality of physician-assisted suicide. Our holding permits this debate to continue."" Regulating How We Die is certain to be a landmark contribution to that debate.

Dr. Linda Emanuel--one of America's most influential medical ethicists--has assembled leading experts to provide not only a clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia but also historical, empirical, and legal perspectives on this complicated issue. These contributors include Marcia Angell, George Annas, Susan Wolf, and many others.

The important questions are addressed here, including: What does mercy dictate? Does physician-assisted suicide honor or violate autonomy? Is it more dignified than natural death? Is this decision purely a private matter? Will legalizing physician-assisted suicide put us on a slippery slope toward involuntary euthanasia? And, in an analysis of data not available in any other book, what can we learn from Holland, the only country in which physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are legal?

Regulating How We Die will be essential reading for anyone who has been handed a terminal diagnosis, for people close to those facing such a diagnosis, for professionals, including physicians, nurses, pastors, lawyers, legislators--indeed, for anyone who has considered the moral and political debate over doctor-assisted suicide."

Edited by: Linda L. Emanuel
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9780674666542
ISBN 10: 0674666542
Pages: 585
Publication Date: 30 June 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda L. Emanuel is Vice President for Ethics Standards of the American Medical Association.

Reviews for Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

[ Regulating How We Die ] would be of value to anyone, lay person or professional, who is interested in a thorough analysis of the subject...[It] is well written and generally provides a solid background on the complex subject of physician-assisted suicide and whether it should be legalized in the United States at this time.--Terri A. Schmidt American Journal of Human Biology