|
|
|
Item Details
Title:
|
AN EASEFUL DEATH?
PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING AND EUTHANASIA |
By: |
John Morgan (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£25.99 |
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
1862872228 |
ISBN 13: |
9781862872226 |
Publisher: |
FEDERATION PRESS |
Pages: |
232 |
Description: |
Looks at the debate over the meaning of life, death and dying: what is death? When does it take place? - when the heart stops, or brain stem death? Leading Australian and overseas thinkers present a range of theological, ethical and medical perspectives providing balanced and challenging views of complex issues. |
Synopsis: |
We may at last as a society beginning to talk about death or at least to appreciate the need to come to terms with it, so that we may confront and accept it. The possibility of violent sudden death, as mirrored in the Port Arthur and Dunblane mass murders, has thrown up for us in recent months the feelings of finality and despair that death so often brings. At the same time, modern medicine and its technologies, which can postpone or suspend dying, bring us another set of questions. Our laws, our beliefs, our science, our history, our myths, and the way our culture, social and political, is organised: all of these reflect and have a bearing on how we approach the subject. The essays in this book examine death, dying, assisted death and euthanasia from a number of perspectives. They are not exhaustive, but they explore some of the opinions, some of the deeply held ethical beliefs and fears about death and loss of control over oneself, and some of the questions posed about compassion and the value and dignity of human life.Leading Australian and overseas thinkers present a variety of theological, ethical and medical perspectives to provide a balanced and challenging view of complex issues. |
Publication: |
Australia |
Imprint: |
Federation Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
|
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|