The Case Against Assisted Suicide

In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Herbert Hendin uncover why pleas for patient autonomy and compassion often used in favor of legalizing euthanasia do not advance or protect the rights of terminally ill patients. Incisive essays by authorities in the fields of medicine law and bioethics draw on studies done in the Netherlands Oregon and Australia by the editors and contributors that show the dangers that legalization of assisted suicide would pose to the most vulnerable patients. Thoughtful and persuasive this book urges the medical profession to improve palliative care and develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing those who are terminally ill.