The Right to Die — Understanding Euthanasia

Abstract

1st ed. Historical perspective -- Euthanasia's Nazi "albatross" -- 1940-1950 -- 1950-1960 -- The 1960s -- The early 1970s -- Significant developments, late 1970s to 1985 -- An upsurge in mercy killing and double suicide -- The handicapped and euthanasia -- The right-to-life viewpoint -- Euthanasia in the Netherlands -- Euthanasia and hospice -- High technology : a mixed blessing -- The influence of health costs -- Mercy killing and the law -- Is there a constitutional right to die? -- Defining death -- Religion and euthanasia -- Helping another to die -- The path ahead.