James L. Werth (ed.)

Contemporary Perspectives on Rational Suicide

Herausgeber: Werth, James L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text brings together spokespersons from several different disciplines who can present their arguments for or against rational suicide as a viable concept and, consequently, a realistic option.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780876309360
• ISBN-10: 0876309368
• Artikelnr.: 54580343

Autorenporträt

James L. Werth

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Issue of Rational Suicide, James L. Werth
Part 1 Relevant Background Issues
Chapter 2 Can Suicide Be Rational? Yes, Sometimes, Margaret P. Battin
Chapter 3 Reasons, Rationality, and Ways of Life, Daniel Callahan
Chapter 4 The Catholic Condemnation of Rational Suicide, Father Robert Barry
Chapter 5 Is Rational Suicide Rational?, Gerald A. Larue
Chapter 6 The Influence of Rational Suicide on Nonrational Suicide, Steven Stack
Chapter 7 The Moral Imperative to Suicide, Samuel E. Wallace
Chapter 8 "Rational Suicide" As the New Jim Crow, Wesley J. Smith
Chapter 9 Physician-Assisted Dying, Kathryn L. Tucker
Part 2 Service Providers
Chapter 10 Rational Suicide: Life and Death Your Way, Lois Chapman Dick
Chapter 11 Counselors and Rational Suicide, Richard R. Ellis
Chapter 12 Nursing, Angela Albright
Chapter 13 A Nursing Position that Supports Rational Suicide, Margaret L. Campbell
Chapter 14 Are Compassionate Care and Suicide Mutually Exclusive?, Robin Bernhoft
Chapter 15 Physician-Assisted Rational Suicide, Richard MacDonald
Chapter 16 Rational Suicide, Mark J. Coldblatt
Chapter 17 A Psychiatric Perspective on Rational Suicide, Jerome A. Motto
Chapter 18 Psychology and Rational Suicide, Stephen Jamison
Chapter 19 Rational Suicide, Antoon A. Leenaars
Chapter 20 Rational Suicide, Jay Callahan
Chapter 21 In Support of Rational Suicide, Deborah Cummings
Chapter 22 The Presentation of Rational Suicide in Death Education, David K. Meagher
Chapter 23 Rational Suicide, Judith M. Stillion
Part 3 Special Populations
Chapter 24 The False Autonomy of Forced Choice, Carol J. Gill
Chapter 25 Rational Suicide and the Disabled Individual, Karen Hwang
Chapter 26 Arguments Against Rational Suicide, John L. McIntosh
Chapter 27 Suicide Can Be Rational for Senescent or Terminal Patients, Erdman B. Palmore
Chapter 28 A Personal Argument in Favor of Rational Suicide, Patty Rosen
Chapter 29 "Rational Suicide", Adina Wrobleski
Chapter 30 Conclusion, Charlotte P. Ross