Euthanasia examined : ethical, clinical, and legal perspectives / edited by John Keown.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Euthanasia and the value of life / John Harris -- A Philosophical case against euthanasia / John Finnis -- The Philosophical case against the philosophical case against euthanasia / John Harris -- The Fragile case for euthanasia: a reply to John Harris -- John Finnis -- Final thoughts on final acts / John Harris -- Misunderstanding the case against euthanasia: response to Harris's first reply / John Finnis -- Euthanasia: back to the future / Kenneth Boyd -- The Case for legalising voluntary euthanasia / Jean Davies -- Extracts from the report of the House of Lords select committee on medical ethics -- Walton, Davies, Boyd and the legalization of euthanasia / Luke Gormally -- Where there is hope, there is life: a view from the hospice / Robert G. Twycross -- Letting vegetative patients die / Bryan Jennett -- A Case for sometimes tube-feeding patients in persistent vegetative state / Joseph Boyle -- Dilemmas at life's end: a comparative legal perspective / Dieter Giesen -- Physician-assisted suicide: the last bridge to active voluntary euthanasia / Yale Kamisar -- Advance directives: a legal and ethical analysis / Stuart Hornett -- Theological aspects of euthanasia / Anthony Fisher.

Whether euthanasia or assisted suicide should be legalised is one of the most pressing and profound questions facing legislators, health-care professionals, their patients and indeed all members of society. Regrettably, the debate is too often characterised by rhetoric rather than reason. This book aims to inform the debate by acquainting anyone interested in this vital question with some of the major ethical, legal and clinical and theological issues involved. The essays it contains are authoritative, balanced and readable: authoritative in that they have been commissioned from some of the world's leading experts; balanced in that they reflect divergent viewpoints (including a vigorous debate between two eminent philosophers); and readable in that they should be readily intelligible to the general reader. This accessible, fair and learned collection should enlighten all who wish to be better informed about the debate surrounding this momentous issue.