Written for students and researchers in legal, medical and social ethics, the authors examine evidence on euthanasia from Belgium, one of only five... Læs mere
How veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasia
This text takes a balanced approach in analyzing the emotionally charged debate of euthanasia, viewing the dispute from public policy and international perspectives. The author offers an interdisciplinary study in medicine, law, religion and ethics.
Thoughtful and persuasive, this book urges the medical profession to improve palliative care and develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing those who are terminally ill.
Death duties are a minor source of revenue to the British Exchequer. This work analyses the traditional criticism of death duties and... Læs mere
The first sweeping history of the right-to-die movement
The phenomenon of 'suicide tourism', travelling to other jurisdictions to receive assistance in ending one's life, is... Læs mere
Identifies and analyzes the Ugaritic terms most commonly used to talk about life and mortality in order to construct a more representative framework of the ancient perspective on these topics.
This book explores the judicial treatment of suicides in early modern Sweden, with a focus on the criminal investigation and selective treatment of suicides in the lower courts in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
This book is a critical response to a range of problems, some theoretical, others empirical, that shape questions surrounding the lived experience of... Læs mere
Presents several theoretical and empirical articles on the topic of euthanasia, doctor-assisted suicide and suicide. This book includes some preliminary work on seven cases of physician-assisted suicides in Australia.
First in-depth examination and critique of contemporary anti-suicide policies that are based on the notion that voluntary death is a mental health problem, and systematically lays out the dehumanizing consequences of psychiatrizing suicide prevention.