Assisted Suicide

Canadian Perspectives

Edited by C. G. Prado
Categories: Philosophy
Series: Philosophica
Publisher: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Paperback : 9780776605159, 209 pages, April 2000

Description

When it became possible to extend the dying process, it became necessary to decide when to stop doing so because of the enormous personal and social costs. But perspectives on "assisted suicide" vary greatly. Physicians see it as a medical issue, jurists as a legal issue, philosophers as a moral issue and the media as a political issue. These original essays show how these perspectives shape the ongoing debate.