Killing and Letting Die

by Bonnie Steinbock

Book Overview

This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting die." Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823215628
• ISBN13: 9780823215621
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"