Introduction
Michael J. Cholbi
Part I History, Practice, and Law
Chapter 1 Physician-Assisted Dying and the Law in the United
States: A Perspective on Three Prospective Futures
Arthur G. Svenson
Chapter 2 The Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Chapter 3 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Attitudes and
Polices in Mexico
Asunción Álvarez del Río, Julieta Gómez Ávalos, and Isaac González
Huerta
Chapter 4 Suffering, Compassion, and Freedom: Mahayana
Buddhism and East Asian Attitudes Toward Assisted Suicide and
Euthanasia
Brett Barleyman
Chapter 5 The Continental Perspective on Assisted Suicide
and Euthanasia
Jack Simmons
Chapter 6 Christian Perspectives on Assisted Dying: An Issue
for Religious Ethics121
Lloyd Steffen
Part II Ethics and Policy
Chapter 7 Ethical Evaluation of Euthanasia in the Islamic
Tradition
Tuba Erkoç Baydar and Ilhan Ilkilic
Chapter 8 An Argument in Favor of the Morality of Voluntary
Medically Assisted Death
Robert Young
Chapter 9 Limiting the Right to Die: Moral Logic,
Professional Integrity, Societal Ethos
Courtney S. Campbell
Chapter 10 Respect for Personal Autonomy in the
Justification of Death-Hastening Choices
Paul T. Menzel
Chapter 11 Intention, Permissibility, and the Consistency of
Traditional End-of-Life Care
Joseph Boyle
Chapter 12 Assisted Dying and Palliation
Ben A. Rich
Chapter 13 Capacity and Assisted Dying
Colin Gavaghan
Chapter 14 Advance Directives for Euthanasia
Eric Vogelstein
Chapter 15 Pediatric Euthanasia
Jacob M. Appel
Chapter 16 Traveling for Assisted Suicide
I. Glenn Cohen
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures.
Michael J. Cholbi, PhD, is professor of philosophy at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Overall this title is an accessible and cogent introduction to the
topic. . . . VERDICT A worthwhile addition for academic
collections, especially for health sciences/medical students and
upper-level undergraduates.
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