Last rights the struggle over the right to die
Record details
- ISBN: 9781429493659 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1429493658 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xvii, 220 p.) - Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus, c2001.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Twentieth-century battle over death -- The anguish of a difficult death -- Death with dignity -- The right to die -- Foreign rights -- Dr. Death -- The leading activists and their obsessive quest -- The rank and file -- The medical establishment -- Rational suicide -- Suspicion and fear from the vulnerable -- Religion and ethics -- The devil is in the details: navigating the nightmare cases. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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