Suicide and Euthanasia: Historical and Contemporary Themes

B.A. Brody

Springer Netherlands, Aug 31, 1989 - Medical - 288 pages

'All in all, this is a volume that is indispensable for any academic library worthy of the name. To attempt to reflect upon these issues without the historical background and argumentation found in this brief volume would be to put oneself at a great disadvantage. On that basis I recommend it wholeheartedly.' Ethics, January 1992 'The volume is of great value in addressing the historical issues, and one can earnestly hope that it will be widely used to enhance the sophistication and historical sensitivity of contemporary discussions of the ethics of suicide and euthanasia.' ESPMH-Newsletter, 9, 1990

About the author

Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., is Professor of Medicine, Community Medicine and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. He is also the author, with Frank A. Chervenak, of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OUP, 1994).
James W. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Surgery, Cell Biology and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. He is also Chief of Surgical Service at the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Baruch A. Brody, Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. His previous books include Life and Death Decision Making (OUP, 1988) and
Ethical Issues in Drug Testing, Approval, and Pricing (OUP, 1995).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Suicide and Euthanasia: Historical and Contemporary Themes; Volume 35 of Philosophy and Medicine
• Editor: B.A. Brody
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, 1989
• ISBN: 0792301064, 9780792301066
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Ethics; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy / General; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects