Assisted suicide and the right to die : the interface of social science, public policy, and medical ethics / Barry Rosenfeld.
"In Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die: the Interface of Social Science, Public Policy, and Medical Ethics, Barry Rosenfeld examines how social science can inform policy and practice in the ongoing debates on end-of-life matters. While moral and ethical aspects of the controversy may not be...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[2004]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die: the Interface of Social Science, Public Policy, and Medical Ethics, Barry Rosenfeld examines how social science can inform policy and practice in the ongoing debates on end-of-life matters. While moral and ethical aspects of the controversy may not be the domain of science, many questions are amenable to scientific study, including the degree to which untreated pain or depression fuel requests for assisted suicide."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 201 pages ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1591471028 9781591471028 |