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Euthanasia Examined: Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives

Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints

Language and Reality at the End of Life

Suicide and Euthanasia, Are They Ever Right?

The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care

The Ethics of Euthanasia

The Slippery Slope of Assisted Suicide

When Killing is Wrong: Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Courts

The Ethics of Euthanasia

By Leone, Daniel A., ed.

Leone, Daniel A., ed., The Ethics of Euthanasia. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999.

This book is part of the new anthology series that focuses a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates of each perspective. Articles are uncut and footnotes and source notes are retained. Extensive book and periodical bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to further research. This volume includes ten essays on the ethics and morality of euthanasia, potential abuse, distinctions between active and passive euthanasia, and whether euthanasia is consistent with Christian beliefs.

Posted on June 26, 2004.

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