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Arguing Euthanasia features essays by such outspoken advocates of active euthanasia.

As they probe the legal and ethical issues at the heart of physician-assisted suicide, these essays offer invaluable insights not only for those caring for the terminally ill but for anyone concerned with the deeper philosophical conflict between enduring life-oriented values and personal dignity that lies at the heart of this controversy.

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• Introduction(p. 11)
• Part I It's Not Over Yet, Debbie(p. 27)
• It's Over, Debbie(p. 31)
• Doctors Must Not Kill(p. 33)
• Debbie's Dying: Mercy Killing and the Good Death(p. 37)
• Fashioning an Ethic for Life and Death in a Post-Modern Society(p. 42)
• Part II Through Doctors' Eyes(p. 51)
• Death and Dignity--A Case of Individualized Decision Making(p. 55)
• A Question of Mercy(p. 63)
• Part III The Dutch Model(p. 77)
• Helping a Man Kill Himself, as Shown on Dutch TV(p. 81)
• A Dozen Caveats Concerning the Discussion of Euthanasia in the Netherlands(p. 88)
• The Slippery Slope of Euthanasia(p. 110)
• Euthanasia--The Need for Procedural Safeguards(p. 113)
• Part IV Northwest Passage: Debate on the Pacific Coast(p. 119)
• Physicians' Aid in Dying(p. 123)
• Physician-Assisted Suicide: Flight from Compassion(p. 133)
• When Medicine Lost Its Moral Conscience: Oregon Measure 16(p. 140)
• Part V Voices For and Against(p. 169)
• Vital Distinctions, Mortal Questions: Debating Euthanasia and Health Care Costs(p. 173)
• Euthanasia(p. 196)
• Death with Dignity and the Sanctity of Life(p. 211)
• In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia(p. 237)
• If You Love Her, Help Her Die(p. 241)
• Life Is Sacred: That's the Easy Part(p. 246)
• Acknowledgments(p. 253)

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Publishers Weekly Review

The right of terminally ill patients to put an end to their suffering has been treated as homicide in every country except the Netherlands‘at least until November 8, 1994. On that date, Oregon voters became the first in our nation to approve assisted suicide, although the measure did not survive a court challenge. This collection of 19 provocative essays, by medical professionals and social commentators, examines the question. Hippocrates could not have imagined 2000 years ago the consequences of today's aggressive end-of-life hospital care. Most of us will die in institutions, rather than at home, surrounded by staff, rather than a personal physician. And all of us must ask: Given the resources for medical intervention, will I be allowed to die with dignity? This collection documents the popular movement that culminated in Oregon's referendum, beginning in 1988 with the anonymous Journal of the American Medical Association article, ``It's Over, Debbie.'' It also includes Dr. Timothy E. Quill's 1991 landmark piece, ``Death and Dignity,'' as well as personal accounts of assisted suicide by Richard Selzer and Betty Rollin. As they probe the legal and ethical issues at the heart of the postmodern dilemma (``What is a dignified death?''), these arguments offer valuable insights for humane treatment. They promise to become even more timely as life-prolonging technology advances. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., is the Director of the Division of Humanities in Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn and is the author of several books on medical ethics. He lives in New York City and Washington, D.C.