Arguing Euthanasia

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The proliferation of life-prolonging technology in recent years has made the controversy over the "right to die" and physician-assisted suicide one of the most explosive medical and ethical issues of our day. Dr. Jack Kevorkian's "suicide machine" has commanded front-page coverage for several years, while in 1994 Oregon passed a measure allowing the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescriptions for suicide, and other states have placed similar proposals on their ballots.

Arguing Euthanasia brings together for the first time an impressive array of viewpoints from both sides of this emotionally charged question as well as voices from the gravely ill and their loved ones. Beginning with a selection of pieces from the New England Journal of Medicine, where the debate was ignited in 1988, Arguing Euthanasia features essays by such outspoken advocates of active euthanasia as Timothy Quill and Sidney Hook, and important social critics and commentators such as Nat Hentoff, Leon R. Kass, and Ronald Dworkin.

As they probe the legal and ethical issues at the heart of physician-assisted suicide, these essays offer invaluable insights not only for those caring for the terminally ill but for anyone concerned with the deeper philosophical conflict between enduring life-oriented values and personal dignity that lies at the heart of this controversy.

Sobre o Livro

O debate sobre o "direito de morrer" e o suicídio assistido ganha foco a partir da disseminação de tecnologias que prolongam a vida, com menções a casos públicos como o de Jack Kevorkian. A obra aborda as implicações médicas e éticas dessas práticas e as questões sobre autonomia e dignidade pessoal.

Coletânea reúne textos publicados no New England Journal of Medicine e ensaios de autores como Timothy Quill, Sidney Hook, Nat Hentoff, Leon R. Kass e Ronald Dworkin. As contribuições apresentam argumentos a favor e contra a assistência médica ao suicídio e reflexões de familiares e pacientes gravemente enfermos.

Discussões jurídicas e dilemas éticos aparecem ao longo do livro, com foco em decisões sobre prescrições letais e políticas públicas relacionadas a pacientes terminais. Profissionais de saúde, legisladores e leitores interessados em ética médica encontrarão aqui material documental e argumentos variados.