Must We Suffer Our Way to Death: Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice

Park Ridge Center (Ill.)

ISBN 10: 0870743937 / ISBN 13: 9780870743931

Published by Southern Methodist Univ Pr, 1996

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0870743937I5N10

Synopsis:

The first contemporary study of assisted death to integrate insights from ethics, theology, philosophy, medicine, law, and sociology, this book provides a broad framework within which to weigh arguments for and against the practices of assisted suicide and euthanasia as public policy in the United States.

This collection of essays balances analysis of the cultural factors driving an increased interest in assisted death in Part One with intense, personal responses from mainline Judeo-Christian theologians in Part Two.

The multidisciplinary authors in Part One wrestle with the legitimate ends and limits of medicine and the appropriate role of law, philosophy, and theology in forming public policy in a pluralistic society. In response, the theologians in Part Two struggle to find a balance among the religious values of justice, mercy, freedom, and responsibility in the lives of people confronted by terminal illness or intractable pain and suffering.

About the Author:

EDWIN R. DUBOSE, a clinical ethics consultant at the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics in Chicago, is the author ofThe Illusion of Trust: Toward a Medical Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age. RONALD P. HAMEL, director of the Department of Clinical Ethics at Lutheran General Hospital-Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, Illinois, co-editedChoosing Death: Active Euthanasia, Religion, and the Public Debate.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Must We Suffer Our Way to Death: Cultural ...
Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket