Physician Assisted Suicide

The question of physician assisted suicide is not a simple matter. This cross-disciplinary collection of essays, offering views from a range of disciplines, including bioethics, law, medicine, and religion, draws attention to the variety of questions posed. Physician Assisted Suicide is a cross-disciplinary collection of essays from philosophers, physicians, theologians, social scientists, lawyers and economists. As the first book to consider the implications of the Supreme Court decisions in Washington v. Glucksburg and Vacco v. Quill concerning physician-assisted suicide from a variety of perspectives, this collection advances informed, reflective, vigorous public debate.