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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      18 October 2007
      ISBN:
      9781139167437
      9780521880244
      9780521706162
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139167437
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.426kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Medicine, Ethics, Medical Law, Ethics and forensic Medicine, Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Medicine, Ethics, Medical Law, Ethics and forensic Medicine, Philosophy
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    Does a competent person suffering from a terminal illness or enduring an otherwise burdensome existence, who considers his life no longer of value but is incapable of ending it, have a right to be helped to die? Should someone for whom further medical treatment would be futile be allowed to die regardless of expressing a preference to be given all possible treatment? These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in this wide-ranging discussion of both the morality of medically assisted death and the justifiability of making certain instances legal. A case is offered in support of the moral and legal permissibility of specified instances of medically assisted death, along with responses to the main objections that have been levelled against it. The philosophical argument is bolstered by empirical evidence from The Netherlands and Oregon where voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are already legal.

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    "...engagingly and clearly written, and contains a number of interesting observations on a range of issues central to the euthanasia debate."
    -John Keown, Georgetown University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

    "...a carefully and rigorously argued book that is an elegant paradigm of the precise, succinct style of analytical applied ethics...Young's book is an excellent elaboration and critique of arguments on both sides of the issue...Highly recommended"
    -R. Werner, Hamilton College, Choice

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