Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Prologue xiii
5. Preface to the Second Edition xxi
6. Euthanasia and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm
7. Euthanasia,¹ Genetics, Reproductive Technologies, and the Search for a New Societal Paradigm 3
8. Evolution of the Euthanasia Controversy
9. Should the Grandparents Die? Allocation of Medical Resources with an Aging Population 13
10. The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia 24
11. “Death Talk” in Canada: The Rodriguez Case 86
12. The Definition of Euthanasia: A Paradoxical Partnership 101
13. Legalizing Euthanasia: Why Now? 105
14. Euthanasia by Confusion 119
15. Guidelines for Legalized Euthanasia in Canada: A Proposal 144
16. Executing Euthanasia: A Review Essay 160
17. Why Aren’t Physicians Interested in the Ethics and Law of Euthanasia? A Conference Report 168
18. Untreated Pain and Euthanasia
19. Pain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law¹ 173
20. Ethics, Law, and Palliative Treatment and Care: The Dying Elderly Person 198
21. The Relief of Suffering: Human Rights and Medicine 205
22. Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics 218
23. Respect for Dying People and Euthanasia
24. Death at a New York Hospital 233
25. Human Dignity and Disease, Disability, Suffering: A Philosophical Contribution to the Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Debate 255
26. Prothanasia: Personal Fulfilment and Readiness to Die 269
27. Debating A Gentle Death: A Review Essay 278
28. Euthanasia in the “Public Square”
29. Euthanasia in the Media: Journalists’ Values, Media Ethics, and “Public Square” Messages 289
30. Euthanasia and the Death Penalty 299
31. Ethical and Legal “Tools” in the Euthanasia Debate
32. Labels versus Contents: Variance between Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Law in Concepts Governing Decision-Making 305
33. Human Rights and Human Ethics: Health and Health Care 327
34. Epilogue 345
35. Notes 349
36. Permissions and Places of Publication 403
37. Index 405