Margaret Somerville

Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

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ISBN 13:: 9780773543768
author:: Margaret Somerville
format:: Paperback
publisher:: McGill-Queens University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2014
Pages:: 470
Dimensions:: 15.2 x 3.3 x 22.9 cm
Genre:: Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Social Issues
Condition:: New
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Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide by Margaret A. Somerville explores the implications of legalizing euthanasia in society. Somerville argues that accepting euthanasia would cause irreparable harm to our value of respect for human life, which is carried primarily by law and medicine. The author examines the relationship between pain relief treatments and euthanasia, as well as the impact on concepts of human rights, responsibilities, and ethics. She also considers how journalistic values and media ethics affect public perception of euthanasia. Somerville believes that teaching young physicians how to put patients to death is a prospect that cannot be imagined. By discussing euthanasia in the context of "death talk," Somerville seeks to balance this with "life talk." She identifies serious harms for individuals and society that would result from accepting euthanasia, highlighting the need for careful consideration of this complex issue.

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