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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.
Category: Suicide Awareness
Tomorrow marks one year that not only a coach of mine, but a mentor and friend took his own life. It was the first time that I've lost someone to suicide that was that close with me. I never thought that it would bother me like it did. I found myself asking, "could I have done
Date : 03 Jun 2019
Created By : CB52 Read More
Category: Suicide Awareness Mental Health
Interesting article on suicide prevention and erasing the stigma associated with mental health problems.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/suicide-prevention-college-campus/
Date : 23 Nov 2016
Created By : Yasmin Kayiran Read More
Category: Suicide Awareness
I read an article on suicide prevention, and thought it may be helpful or interesting to those that want to learn about suicide prevention.
Date : 28 May 2019
Created By : CB52 Read More
