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Meticulously takes apart the arguments in favour of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In this robust defence of the age-old tradition of law favouring life, Harvard ethicist Arthur J. Dyck shows there are solid moral and practical bases for the existing laws against assisted suicide. Throughout the book, Dyck staunchly maintains that assisted suicide is unacceptable in any and all circumstances: an argument that will certainly fan the flames of this already heated debate.

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This exceptionally cogent contribution to an often muddled debate defends legal prohibitions of physician-assisted suicide (PAS), while urging that 'comfort-only care' -- in which life-sustaining treatments may be discontinued -- should be available for terminally ill patients. Dyck displays a strong grasp of relevant issues in ethics, law, and political philosophy, and represents opposing views with scrupulous accuracy.

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Arthur J. Dyck is Professor of Population Ethics at Harvard School of Public Health, and co-director of the Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics, Harvard University.

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