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The Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Debate
Demetra M. Pappas
ISBN: 0-313-34187-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34187-8
200 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2010
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 4/30/2010)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Description: Emotional public responses to widely publicized right -to-die and euthanasia cases such as those revolving around Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Terri Schiavo highlight their volatile mix of medical, ethical, religious, legal, and public policy issues. Advances in medicine and palliative care have heightened the debate and transformed its terms. Yet this book reveals that such issues have long been the subject of controversy in America. Over time they have been framed in different ways: as primarily matters of individual rights, administrative law, or medical judgment. The author assesses the historical record up to the present and considers the way forward on one of the most contentious ethical issues of our time.
About the Author: DEMETRA M. PAPPAS is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Seton Hall University and has also taught at Bryant College, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (University of London). Her substantial legal experience includes service as Senior Court Attorney for the Supreme Court of New York County.
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