The ethics of suicide and suicide prevention

Author(s): Leenaars, A. A.

Journal/Book: Death Stud. 1996; 20: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007-1598. Hemisphere Publ Corp. 163-184.

Abstract: Is suicide ever a defensible choice, particularly for the terminally ill? The present article debates this difficult question, examining the relevance of such issues as the morality, rationality, and dynamics of the suicidal act, and the legitimacy of physician-assisted suicide. Contrasting perspectives on these issues ar articulated by two prominent suicidologists, as a spur to the reader's deeper reconsideration of the ethics of suicide and suicide prevention.

Note: Article D Lester, Ctr Study Suicide, 5 Stonegate Court RR41, Blackwood, NJ 08012 USA

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