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Author: Sheldon Rubenfeld ,
Daniel P. Sulmasy ,
Astrid Ley ,
Florian Bruns
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.70cm
Weight: 0.739kg
ISBN: 9781793609496
ISBN 10: 1793609497
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 03 November 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust is an erudite and timely volume that refracts the history of state-sponsored killing during the Third Reich against the contemporary debate over euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Rubenfeld and Sulmasy are to be commended for bringing together a stellar group of European and American scholars on both sides of the issue. Collectively they draw upon their expertise in the history of medicine, medical ethics, philosophy, and palliative care to inform and elevate the debate beyond the usual polemics. This brilliant anthology constitutes an enduring contribution to the literature.--Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Chief Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College, and author of A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at L This is, at once, both a deeply engaging and deeply unsettling book. It is a rigorous and nuanced exploration of the complex topic of contemporary physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia as seen through the shadow of the Holocaust. It forces the reader to account for the dignity of the person and what it means to be human. This important book will long be discussed.--Michael A Grodin, Boston University What lessons does the Nazi experience of euthanasia and eugenics have for the contemporary debate about legalizing so-called physician-assisted dying ? As this timely, valuable and disturbing book shows, more than many might think.--John Keown, Georgetown University
What lessons does the Nazi experience of euthanasia and eugenics have for the contemporary debate about legalizing so-called 'physician-assisted dying'? As this timely, valuable and disturbing book shows, more than many might think.--John Keown, Georgetown University Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust is an erudite and timely volume that refracts the history of state-sponsored killing during the Third Reich against the contemporary debate over euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Rubenfeld and Sulmasy are to be commended for bringing together a stellar group of European and American scholars on both sides of the issue. Collectively they draw upon their expertise in the history of medicine, medical ethics, philosophy, and palliative care to inform and elevate the debate beyond the usual polemics. This brilliant anthology constitutes an enduring contribution to the literature.--Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Chief Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College, and author of A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at L This is, at once, both a deeply engaging and deeply unsettling book. It is a rigorous and nuanced exploration of the complex topic of contemporary physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia as seen through the shadow of the Holocaust. It forces the reader to account for the dignity of the person and what it means to be human. This important book will long be discussed.--Michael A Grodin, Boston University
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia offers thoughtful reflections of a group of scholars and palliative care physicians on involuntary euthanasia of defective persons, a concept that was endorsed by a large percentage of physicians in the Third Reich. While they are mostly successful in distinguishing this eugenics-based practice from contemporary PAD, some envision a slippery slope by which safeguards will decrease and nonautonomous persons will qualify for PAD in their own best interest. This is a stimulating, but sobering, book.-- Pharos What lessons does the Nazi experience of euthanasia and eugenics have for the contemporary debate about legalizing so-called 'physician-assisted dying'? As this timely, valuable and disturbing book shows, more than many might think.--John Keown, Georgetown University Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust is an erudite and timely volume that refracts the history of state-sponsored killing during the Third Reich against the contemporary debate over euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Rubenfeld and Sulmasy are to be commended for bringing together a stellar group of European and American scholars on both sides of the issue. Collectively they draw upon their expertise in the history of medicine, medical ethics, philosophy, and palliative care to inform and elevate the debate beyond the usual polemics. This brilliant anthology constitutes an enduring contribution to the literature.--Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Chief Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medical College, and author of A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at L This is, at once, both a deeply engaging and deeply unsettling book. It is a rigorous and nuanced exploration of the complex topic of contemporary physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia as seen through the shadow of the Holocaust. It forces the reader to account for the dignity of the person and what it means to be human. This important book will long be discussed.--Michael A Grodin, Boston University
Author Information
Sheldon Rubenfeld is clinical professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Daniel P. Sulmasy is André Hellegers professor of biomedical ethics in the departments of medicine and philosophy and acting director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University.
