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This important book includes a compelling selection of original essays on euthanasia and associated legislative and health-care issues, together with important background material for understanding and assessing the arguments of these essays. The book explores a central strand in the debate over medically assisted death, the so called "slippery slope" argument. The focus of the book is on one particularly important aspect of the downward slope of this argument: hastening the death of those individuals who appear to be suffering greatly from their medical condition but are unable to request that we do anything about that suffering because of their diminished mental capacities. Slippery-slope concerns have been raised in many countries, including Britain, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. This book concentrates most of its attention on the latter two countries.
Contents
Introduction
PART I PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, EUTHANASIA AND THE LAW
Washington et al. v. Glucksberg et al.
Vacco, Attorney General of New York, et al. v. Quill et al.
Sue Rodriguez v. British Columbia
Judge Noble's Ruling
PART II THE SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENT AND NONVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Excerpts from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report:
Critical Care Decisions in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine:
Ethical Issues
The Groningen Protocol: Euthanasia in Severely Ill Newborns
Eduard Verhagen and Pieter J.J. Sauer
Life, Death, and Slippery Slopes
John Woods
Voluntary and Nonvoluntary Euthanasia: Is There Really a Slippery Slope?
Michael Stingl
PART III INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF VOLUNTARY AND NONVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Robert Latimer's Choice
Bryson Brown
Hard End-of-Life Decisions for Physicians and Family Members
John A. Baker
Feminist Reflections on Tracy Latimer and Sue Rodriguez
Kira Tomsons and Susan Sherwin
PART IV ASSISTED SUICIDE, VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA, AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Attitudes of People with Disabilities toward Physician-Assisted Suicide Legislation: Broadening the Dialogue
Pamela Fadem, Meredith Minkler, Martha Perry, Klaus Blum, Leroy F. Moore, Jr., Judi Rogers, and Lee Williams
Oregon's Experience: Evaluating the Record
Ronald A. Lindsay
Palliative Sedation: An Essential Place for Clinical Excellence
Philip C. Higgins and Terry Altilio
