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{{Short description|Book about issues regarding euthanasia}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints

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| editor = James D. Torr

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| series =

| subject = [[Euthanasia]]

| publisher = [[Greenhaven Press]]

| pub_date = 1 September 2000

| media_type = Print

| pages = 208

| isbn = 0-7377-0127-7

| dewey = 179.7 21

| congress = R726 .E7924 2000

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'''''Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints''''' is a book in the ''[[Opposing Viewpoints series]]'', published by [[Greenhaven Press]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Richie |first=Nicholas D. |date=Spring 1990 |title=Book reviews |journal=Hospital Topics |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=40 |doi=10.1080/00185868.1990.9948433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Polacek |first=Kelly Myer |date=2007 |title=Euthanasia: A Guide to Sources |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20864690 |journal=Reference & User Services Quarterly |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=13–19 |doi=10.5860/rusq.46n3.13 |jstor=20864690 |issn=1094-9054}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leslie |first=Roger |date=2000-02-01 |title=Books for Youth: Books for Older Readers |journal=Booklist |volume=96 |issue=11 |pages=1013}}</ref> A year 2000 edition was edited by James D. Torr, while the previous 1989 and 1995 editions were edited by Neal Bernard and Carol Wekesser respectively.

== Contents ==

:''This article is about the kid edition of ''Euthanasia: Opposing Viints''; for the first edition see ''[[Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints (1989)|Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1989)'']]''; for the second edition see ''[[Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints (1995)|Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1995)'']]''; for the fourth edition see ''[[Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints (2006)|Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints'' (2006)'']]''.''

It presents selections of contrasting points of view on four central questions about [[euthanasia]]: whether it is [[ethical]]; whether it should be legalized; whether legalizing it would lead to involuntary killing; and whether physicians should assist in [[suicide]].

== References ==

'''''Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints''''' is a book, in the [[Opposing Viewpoints series]], presenting selections of contrasting points of view on four central questions about [[euthanasia]]: whether it is [[ethical]]; whether it should be legalized; whether legalizing it would lead to involuntary killing; and whether physicians should assist in [[suicide]]. It was edited by James D. Torr.

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[[Category:2000 non-fiction books]]

It was published by [[Greenhaven Press]] ([[San Diego]]) in 2000 as a 208-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-0127-7) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-0126-9).

[[Category:Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series]]

[[Category:Euthanasia]]

[[Category:Greenhaven Press books]]

==Contents==

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| Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?

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| Introduction

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| rowspan=6 | '''Chapter 1: Is Euthanasia [[Ethical]]?'''

| 1. Voluntary Euthanasia Is Ethical

| [[Derek Humphry]]

| Reprint of "[http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=312&id=131 Why I Believe in Voluntary Euthanasia]," 1995 [[Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization]]

([[ERGO!]]) website article.

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|| 2. Voluntary Euthanasia Is Unethical like your moma

| [[Brother Doctor Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D.]]

| Reprint of "Death with Dignity: A Franciscan Doctor's Perspective," ''[[St. Anthony Messenger]]'', January 1996.

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|| 3. Euthanasia Violates [[Christian]] Beliefs

| [[Michigan Catholic Conference]]

| Excerpt from "[http://www.micatholicconference.org/public_policy/living_and_dying.php Living and Dying According to the Voice of Faith: A Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of the State of Michigan]," 1997.

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|| 4. Euthanasia Does Not Violate Christian Beliefs

| [[John Shelby Spong]]

| Reprint of Spong's testimony before the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] [[Committee on the Judiciary]], [[Subcommittee on the Constitution]] [http://judiciary.house.gov/legacy/2165.htm hearing on "Assisted Suicide in the United States"], April 29, 1996.

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|| 5. Voluntary Euthanasia Shows Compassion for the Dying

| [[Marcia Angell]]

| Excerpt from "Helping Desperately Ill People to Die," in ''[[Regulating How We Die]]: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide'' ([[Harvard University Press]], 1998, ISBN 0-674-66653-4, ISBN 0-674-66654-2) edited by [[Linda L. Emanuel]].

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|| 6. Arguments for Euthanasia Are Unconvincing

| [[International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force]]

| Reprint of "[http://www.liferesource.net/doctor_suicide.htm Euthanasia: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions]."

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| rowspan=6 | '''Chapter 2: Should Voluntary Euthanasia Be Legalized?'''

| 1. Voluntary Euthanasia Should Be Legalized

| [[Faye J. Girsh]]

| Reprint of "The Case for Physician Aid in Dying," ''[[Journal of the Hippocratic Society]]'', Fall 1997.

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|| 2. Voluntary Euthanasia Should Not be Legalized and i don't really care

| [[Yale Kamisar]]

| Excerpt from "The Reasons So Many People Support Physician-Assisted Suicide—And Why Those Reasons Are Not Convincing," ''[[Issues in Law & Medicine]]'', Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 1996.

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|| 3. Legalized Euthanasia in [[the Netherlands]] Has Not Harmed Dutch Society

| [[Ellen Goodman]]

| Reprint of "Dutch Deal with Death Their Own Way," ''[[Boston Globe]]'', 17 April 1997.

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|| 4. Legalized Euthanasia in the Netherlands Has Harmed Dutch Society

| [[Terry Golway]]

| Reprint of "[http://www.americamagazine.org/gettext.cfm?textID=477&articleTypeID=7&issueID=261 Life in the 90's]," ''[[America (magazine)|America]]'', 10 May 1997.

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