Death by Choice

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Image Books, 1984 - Medical - 224 pages
"In death by choice, distinguished moral theologian and ethician Daniel C. Maguire examines the major issues involved in the "right to die" controversy-assessing legal, medical, and ethical implications. More than a decade has elapsed since the book's original publication in hardcover. Yet the issues remain in the forefront and the discussions, studies, and debates rage on. This revised and updated Image edition reflects current thinking in scientific, religious, and legal circles and features two new chapters: one on the moral revolution of health care over the past ten years and the other on the abortion debate. In addition, the inclusion of an index makes this edition more complete and of greater usefulness to students and teachers alike. Maguire's text is thoughtful and comprehensive, spanning such controversial issues as euthanasia, irreversibly comatose patients, the meaning of heart death and brain death, abortion, discrepancies between legal and medical conceptions of death, capital punishment, and war. It is throughout serious and challenging as the author probes all the implications of "death by choice." In his own words, Maguire seeks "to show the new climate in which death is being considered and to urge that new thoughts on death are not only thinkable but to be thought." Death by choice is a significant book on a subject that cannot be ignored--regardless of religious or secular persuasion."-- from back cover.

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Contents

PART
63
The Moral Revolution in Health Care
189
A Question of Catholic Honesty
203
Copyright

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