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Right to Die and Euthanasia
  • Authored by: Lisa Yount
  • From the Series: Library in a Book
  • Trim Size: 6 X 9
  • ISBN-10: 0816062757
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6275-1
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $45.00
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 02/01/2007
  • Dewey Number: 179.7
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 320

Summary

The United States, and indeed the Western world, is bitterly divided on the issues of the right to die and euthanasia. Polls reported in 2004 indicated that between four and 10 percent of physicians helped to end a terminally ill patient's life at some time, even though such acts are against the law. Legislators, judges, and ordinary citizens have become embroiled in the passionate battle over the "right to die." Meanwhile, health care professionals, philosophers and religious leaders, and disabled or severely ill people and their families continue to debate whether, and under what circumstances, euthanasia or assistance in suicide is a valid ethical or moral choice.

Right to Die and Euthanasia, the newly updated edition of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, starts with a survey of the history of this topic, as well as the controversy surrounding it, ranging from the trial of Socrates in ancient Greece to the recent battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo in Florida. Contemporary case studies such as Wendland v. Wendland and Gonzales v. Oregon provide multiple perspectives and decisions surrounding this issue while also plotting a course for how this debate will play out in the future. This invaluable volume also features capsule biographies, a large annotated bibliography, graphs and a table, a chronology of significant events, organization and agency listings, and a glossary. Balanced and objective, Right to Die and Euthanasia allows students, teachers, librarians, medical personnel, and the general reader to explore the heart of this controversy.

Coverage includes:

  • The distinctions between refusal of life-prolonging treatment, the request for assistance in suicide, and the request for death actively caused by another person
  • Who has the right to determine whether a person's life is "worth living"
  • The alternatives to assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • Whether courts or legislatures have the power to overrule a competent adult's decision
  • The needed safeguards
  • The physicians' roles in the treatment of the terminally ill.

Specifications

Graphs. Index. Appendixes. Bibliography. Glossary. Chronology. Table.

About the Author(s)

Lisa Yount is a graduate of Stanford University in English and creative writing. For 40 years, she has written educational materials for young people. She has written or edited more than 50 published books, nine of which have won awards or have been included on "most recommended" lists. Yount has made a specialty of writing about biomedical issues. Her books for Facts On File include Animal Rights, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, and Patients' Rights in the Age of Managed Health Care, all in the Library in a Book series; Genetics and Genetic Engineering, chosen as one of the New York Public Library’s "Best Books for the Teen Age"; Medical Technology; Asian-American Scientists; A to Z of Biologists; Twentieth-Century Women Scientists; and A to Z of Women in Science and Math.

Reviews and Awards

"...an essential starting point for understanding. Perfect for classroom debate or library reference alike."
Midwest Book Review

"...recommended for high school, public, and undergraduate libraries."
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