Suicide Tourism: Understanding the Legal, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Dimensions

by Daniel Sperling

This monograph explores the phenomenon of 'suicide tourism': where people travel to other countries to receive assistance in committing suicide because their national laws do not permit such a procedure. Freedom of movement granted by international law creates problems with policies constrained by national boundaries, and as more countries contemplate regulating assisted suicide there is now a pressing need for a theoretical investigation of the issues,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198825455
• ISBN13: 9780198825456
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"