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Dewey Decimal Number: 362.175 EAN: 9780393034486 ISBN: 0393034488 Label: W W Norton & Co Inc Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 255 Publication Date: 1993-03 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Studio: W W Norton & Co Inc Editorial Review: Product Description: Addressing the options of terminally ill people, a doctor, who helped a dying patient commit suicide, offers advice to help patients and families deal with these very personal decisions and shares examples from his practice and from letters that he has received. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Valuable and worthwhileA careful and compassionate exploration of the difficult issues that are best addressed before the realization of one's mortality. I hope to have a doctor like Dr. Quill when my time comes. Rating: - Distinguishing the Trees from the ForestAssisted physician suicide is a good example of a forest vs. trees debate. Those who focus on the broad religious and societal interests in preserving life at all costs tend to conclude that the forest (society) is more important than individual patients (the trees), while those who support patient choice at the end of life tend to focus upon the trees. Timothy Quill is a forest ranger who is focused on the trees. Quill's book is almost totally devoid of the philosophical arguments which ... Read More |
