Author: Ian Dowbiggin
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0195154436
A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond. Medical books A Merciful End. In America, the debate has raged for well over a century.
Now, in A Merciful End, Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of one of the most controversial reform movements in America. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of the Euthanasia Society of America, interviews with important figures in the movement today, and flashpoint cases such as the tragic fate of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dowbiggin tells the dramatic story of the men and women who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's attitude--and its laws--regarding mercy killing. In tracing the history of the euthanasia movement, he documents its intersection with other progressive social causes: women's suffrage, birth control, abortion rights, as well as its uneasy pre-WWII alliance with eugenics Medical books A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement In Modern America, Ian Dowbiggin, Accept. payment | shipping rates | returns A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America Product Category :Books ISBN :0195154436 Title :A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America EAN :9780195154436 Authors :Ian Dowbiggin Binding :Hardcover Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA Publication Date :2003-01-09 Pages :272 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :59.95 Height :1.0200 inches Width :6.5200 inches Length :9.7600 inches Weight :1.2800
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TheNile.com.au About FAQ Payment Delivery Contact Us 1800-987-323 A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (English) by Ian Dowbiggin Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Language English While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond. In America, the debate has raged for well over a century. Now, in A Merciful End, Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of
While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond. In America, the debate has raged for well over a century. Now, in A Merciful End, Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of one of the most controversial reform movements in America. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of the Euthanasia Society of America, interviews with important figures in the movement today, andflashpoint cases such as the tragic fate of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dowbiggin tells the dramatic story of
Medical Book A Merciful End
In America, the debate has raged for well over a century.
Now, in A Merciful End, Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of one of the most controversial reform movements in America. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of the Euthanasia Society of America, interviews with important figures in the movement today, and flashpoint cases such as the tragic fate of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dowbiggin tells the dramatic story of the men and women who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's attitude--and its laws--regarding mercy killing. In tracing the history of the euthanasia movement, he documents its intersection with other progressive social causes: women's suffrage, birth control, abortion rights, as well as its uneasy pre-WWII alliance with eugenics. Such links brought euthanasia activists into fierce conflict with Judeo-Christian institutions who worried that "the right to die" might become a "duty to die." Indeed, Dowbiggin argues that by joining a sometimes overzealous quest to maximize human freedom with a desire to "improve" society, the euthanasia movement has been dogged by the fear that mercy killing could be extended to persons with disabilities, handicapped newborns, unconscious geriatric patients, lifelong criminals, and even the poor. Justified or not, such fears have stalled the movement, as more and more Americans now prefer better end-of-life care than wholesale changes in euthanasia laws.
For anyone trying to decide whether euthanasia offers a humane alternative to prolonged suffering or violates the "sanctity of life," A Merciful End provides fascinating and much-needed historical context.
