Suicide: as a Solution to Problems with Dying?

A chapter from the book "Humanities and the Health Sciences" A Collaborative Project for Faculty Development and Curricular Revision" is presented. It discusses the issue of whether physician assisted suicide is a solution to help the elderly and infirmed to handle the problems related to dying. The...

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Publicado en:Humanities & The Health Sciences: A Collaborative Project For Faculty Development & Curricular Revision: A Puerto Rican Experience pp. 107 - 117
Autor principal: Drane, James F.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 2001
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Sumario:A chapter from the book "Humanities and the Health Sciences" A Collaborative Project for Faculty Development and Curricular Revision" is presented. It discusses the issue of whether physician assisted suicide is a solution to help the elderly and infirmed to handle the problems related to dying. The history of suicide and culture, in general, and suicide and law in modern American culture and the pathological aspect of suicide are offered.