Etik: eutanasi & rätten till sin egen död

Kan man få samhällets hjälp att avsluta livet, om man lider outhärdligt till följd av en olyckshändelse eller obotlig sjukdom? Inte i Sverige, men i allt fler länder införs den rätten. Författaren tar ett brett grepp om denna omdiskuterade fråga o...

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"Om jag vore en hund skulle man skjuta mig av barmhärtighet", brukade den svårt astmasjuka Margareta säga. Hon var väninna till Eva F Dahlgrens farmor och dog av "skottskada själfmord" år 1919. Men enligt släktingar bad hon Evas farmor att utföra ...

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Döden har alltid varit en naturlig del av livet. I de allra flesta samhällen har döden haft en central betydelse och på olika sätt bearbetats och hanterats kollektivt genom ritualer, traditioner och religion. I vårt moderna samhälle har döden förf...

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Hur vill du dö? Den frågan ställde P C Jersild till sina studenter när han utbildade blivande läkare på Karolinska Institutet. Nu riktar han frågan till en bredare allmänhet: Vem har egentligen makten över livets slut? Och vem borde ha det? Läkare...

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A beautiful clothbound pocket edition of Sir Terry Pratchett's essay on why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for. With a new Afterword by Peter Serafinowicz and an updated Introduction by Rob Wilkins 'Eloquent and essenti...

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"Om jag vore en hund skulle man skjuta mig av barmhärtighet", brukade den svårt astmasjuka Margareta säga. Hon var väninna till Eva F Dahlgrens farmor och dog av "skottskada själfmord" år 1919. Men enligt släktingar bad hon Evas farmor att utföra ...

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Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that h...

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A novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho - a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying.Veronika has everything she could wish for. ...

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A superb distillation of the wisdom of one of Britain's most admired writers on the human condition.Dorothy Rowe gives insights and comfort on some of the most difficult aspects of life-including: identity and self-esteem, fear, depression and unh...

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A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Immensely powerful . . . her investigation of this terrible illness is sensitive and compelling' Sunday Times After her own father's death from dementia, the writer and campaigner...

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The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established,...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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Principles of Biomedical Ethics provides a highly original, practical, and insightful guide to morality in the health professions. Acclaimed authors Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress thoroughly develop and advocate for four principles that l...

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The majority of gun deaths in the United States are suicide deaths, and the majority of suicide deaths are gun deaths. Most people are unaware that suicide, at nearly 43,000 deaths per year, is more common than homicide and other widely publicized...

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The majority of gun deaths in the United States are suicide deaths, and the majority of suicide deaths are gun deaths. Most people are unaware that suicide, at nearly 43,000 deaths per year, is more common than homicide and other widely publicized...

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The majority of gun deaths in the United States are suicide deaths, and the majority of suicide deaths are gun deaths. Most people are unaware that suicide, at nearly 43,000 deaths per year, is more common than homicide and other widely publicized...

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Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the noti...

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Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the noti...

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Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The legal choices confronting those caring for the terminally ill, and indeed those patients themselves wh...

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Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The legal choices confronting those caring for the terminally ill, and indeed those patients themselves wh...

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Ethical and legal issues concerning physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are very much on the public agenda in many jurisdictions. In this timely book L.W. Sumner addresses these issues within the wider context of palliative care for patients...

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This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism. As more countries legally permit assisted suicide and do not necessarily bar the participation of non-residents, suicide tourism is becoming a larger and more complex global issue. The book set...

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This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism. As more countries legally permit assisted suicide and do not necessarily bar the participation of non-residents, suicide tourism is becoming a larger and more complex global issue. The book set...

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In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives". Seeking to publicize his efforts to eliminate the "unfit", he displayed the ...

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In this collection of essays by one of the foremost philosophers writing about issues of death and dying, the dilemmas raised by contemporary medicine concerning the way we die are explored. The volume focuses on the issues of withdrawing and with...

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In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives". Seeking to publicize his efforts to eliminate the "unfit", he displayed the ...

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