Right to Die

The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances? There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us...

Controversy about the morality of euthanasia and assisted suicide and their legalisation has been running for over a generation, and it shows no sign of flagging. The main arguments for and against are widely familiar, yet the horizon yields no sign of...

The coronavirus pandemic has made society's relationship with death and dying everybody's business. We have had to confront new challenges around the way we care for dying people, yet the old problems have not gone away. In February 2018, Dennis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385336536Author Derek HumphryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637120460Author Richard WeikartFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 313g

In this new addition to the 'Debating Law' series, Emily Jackson and John Keown re-examine the legal and ethical aspects of the euthanasia debate.Emily Jackson argues that we owe it to everyone in society to do all that we can to ensure that they...

More and more people who are terminally ill are choosing assisted suicide. When is it Right to Die? offers a different path with alternatives of hope, compassion, and death with real dignity. Joni Eareckson Tada knows what it means to wrestle with this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679733195Author Ronald DworkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 217gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically...

Is the legal protection that is given to the expression of Abrahamic religious belief adequate or appropriate in the context of English medical law? This is the central question that is explored in this book, which develops a framework to support judges...

The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. By thinking of the issue in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399975308Author Andrew Dr. RynneFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Andrew RynnePublisher Andrew Rynne

This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary examination of the right-to-die issues facing society now that vast improvements in public health care and medicine have resulted in people not only living longer but taking much longer to die-often in...

Should Canadians have the right to medical assistance in dying? If so, under what conditions? Deciding on Death delves into the legal and political aspects of these controversial questions. In the early 1990s, Sue Rodriguez unsuccessfully challenged the...

We live in a world in which courts crucially shape public policy through constitutional adjudication. This is a book written for that world. It brings together a group of distinguished scholars from many disciplines to examine the Supreme Court's recent...

Assisted suicide remains one of the most emotionally charged and controversial topics-and the issue isn't going away any time soon. As the baby boomer generation ages, many of us will watch as our parents-and ourselves-grow older, and wonder at the...

The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia--as well as the most comprehensive argument against their legalization--ever published. In clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944466152Author Harold MytumFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Smithsonian Institution Scholarly PressPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the criminal laws prohibiting assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia in its Carter v Canada ruling. Yet debate on this controversial subject continues. Assisted Suicide in Canada delves into the...

A beautiful clothbound pocket edition of Sir Terry Pratchett’s essay on why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for.With a new Afterword by Peter Serafinowiczand an updated Introduction by Rob Wilkins'Eloquent and essential'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760465049Author David J CarterFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798989492602Author Sushila WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint New Insights PressPublisher New Insights PressWeight(grams) 358g

The book describes the historical development of the legislation on euthanasia and suicide in The Netherlands. During the last about 70 years. Part 1 summarizes the development until about 2017. Parts 2 and 3 deal with the period from August 2017 until...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620063576Author Barbara ManciniFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Sunbury Press, Inc.Publisher Sunbury Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 327g

Margaret Otlowski tackles the complex and controversial issue of active voluntary euthanasia and argues convincingly for a reform of the criminal law prohibition in common law jurisdictions. Otlowski critically examines the strict legal situation on...