Actions for Suicide
Suicide / Paul Connors, book editor
- Published
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press ; Thomson/Gale, [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- 236 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Connors, Paul G.
- Series
- Contents
- Is suicide immoral? Yes: suicide is immoral. Palestinian suicide bombers are immoral / Robert Tracinksi ; Christians believe in the sanctity of life / Christianity Today ; Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking raises moral issues for doctors / Lynn A. Jansen ; No: suicide is not immoral. Suicide bombers are moral martyrs / Margaret P. Battin ; Individual rights come before religion / Thomas A. Bowden ; Catholic morality allows withholding artificial nutrition and hydration / James F. Drane -- What are the causes of suicide? Attempted suicide can be a lucrative economic decision / Charles Duhigg ; Gun availability can lead to suicide / David Hemenway ; Social stigma surrounding mental illness contributes to suicides among black professionals / Keisha Gaye Anderson ; Suicide can be a fad among teenagers / Vanessa Grigoriadis ; Suicide by pesticides is common in developing countries / David Gunnell, Michael Eddleston ; Many women suicide bombers are sexual abuse victims / Mia Bloom ; Antidepressants can result in suicide / Angela Bischoff -- Should physicians help terminally ill patients commit suicide? Yes: the terminally ill have a right to physician-assisted suicide. All lives do not have equal worth / Eric Cohen, Leon R. Kass ; Phrase "culture of life" is meaningless / Anna Quindlen -- Legality of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law is a victory for patients and doctors / Mark Taylor ; No: physicians should not help terminally ill patients commit suicide. Democrats have become the party of euthanasia / Ramesh Ponnuru ; Right-to-die movement supports death on demand / Wesley J. Smith ; Lives of the disabled are worth living / Ron Amundson, Gayle Taira -- How can suicide be prevented? Youth suicide among Native Americans can be reduced with more federal help / Cynthia Lindquist-Mala ; Suicide is preventable if treated as a public health problem / Christopher Conte ; Classroom discussion can help identify adolescents who are suicidal / Douglas Fisher -- Suicide rates of sexual minorities need to be fully researched / Ric Kasini Kadour ; TeenScreen is an effective teen suicide prevention program / Arline Kaplan ; Collegiate suicide prevention programs may increase the number of suicides / Thomas Szasz.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780737724882 (hardcover)
0737724889 (hardcover)
9780737724899 (paperback)
0737724897 (paperback) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
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