Physician-Assisted Suicide (Point/Counterpoint)

Marzilli, Alan

ISBN 10: 0791074854 ISBN 13: 9780791074855

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2003

Synopsis

Looks at physician-assisted suicide in the United States from different perspectives, offering statistics, statutes, legal opinions, and studies to help form an educated opinion.

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 7 Up-Marzilli provides the legal background to this controversial issue. The text is broken up with question boxes that help readers focus on the material that follows. Citations and explanations of federal and state laws and court cases appear throughout. Chapters consist of three sections-an introduction giving specific historical and legal background, with the arguments for, and then against each position in the ongoing debate. Topics include the right to choose how and when to die, making end-of-life decisions without medical advice, and the role of modern medicine in these practices. There are many issues within this issue, and this book covers them well. The generous citation of legal matter makes it stand apart from its rivals in other debate series.-Marilyn Fairbanks, Azure IRC, Brockton High School, MA
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Review:

"A little over a hundred pages of material in each offers the perfect platform to fuel a classroom debate. All are highly recommended picks, offering lasting library lending value."

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0791074854
• ISBN 13: 9780791074855
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112