Am Anfang des Buches steht ein ungewohnter Gedanke: Geburt und Tod haben viel gemeinsam, beides sind Ereignisse, für die die Natur bestimmte Programme vorgesehen hat. Sie laufen dann am besten ab, wenn sie möglichst wenig gestört werden. Palliativbetreuung und Sterbebegleitung, …
"As a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospital?s ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But in the mid-1990s, his father, an infectious diseases physician, told him a stunning story: he had physically placed his body over an end-stage pa…
"Kevin Yuill goes straight to the heart of a difficult issue. Critical of both sides of the discussion, this book presents an up-to-date analysis of the direction discussion is taking, showing that atheists, libertarians, those favouring abortion rights and stem-cell research sh…
"When should we try to prevent suicide? Should it be facilitated for some people, in some circumstances? For the last forty years, law and policy on suicide have followed two separate and distinct tracks: laws aimed at preventing suicide and, increasingly, laws aimed at facilita…
