Assisted Death
a study in ethics and law
$64.65
- Paperback
252 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2013
Summary
Ethical and legal issues concerning physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are very much on the public agenda in many jurisdictions. In this timely book L.W. Sumner addresses these issues within the wider context of palliative care for patients in the dying process. His ethical conclusion is that a bright line between assisted death and other widely accepted end-of-life practices, including the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, pain control throughhigh-dose opioids, and terminal s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199687473 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199687471 |
| Author: | L.W. Sumner |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 14mm |
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“Lucid and powerful … a superb example of the relevance of philosophy to public policy.” –Thomas Nagel, London Review of Books
`Lucid and powerful … a superb example of the relevance of philosophy to public policy.‘Thomas Nagel, London Review of Books
About The Author
L.W. Sumner
L.W. Sumner is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of four books: Abortion and Moral Theory (1981); The Moral Foundation of Rights (1987); Welfare, Ethics, and Happiness (1996); and The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression (2004). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the 2009 Molson Prize in SocialSciences and Humanities from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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