PHL 315W - PROBLEMS IN MEDICAL ETHICS
Lawrence P. Ulrich, Ph.D.
Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu
ASSISTED SUICIDE
READINGS

TEXT: Intending Death: The Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia edited by Tom L. Beauchamp, Prentice Hall, 1996. [available in the UD Bookstore]
HARDCOPY HANDOUT: Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground. From: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000.

ARTICLES CAN BE ACCESSED BY GOING TO http://ereserve.udayton.edu/coursepage.asp?cid=111

STUDENTS NEED A SPECIAL PASSWORD TO ACCESS THE READINGS WHICH MUST BE READ THROUGH ADOBE ACROBAT READER.

 
Annas, GJ. "The Bell Tolls for a Constitutional Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide" (ERESERVE)

Annas, George J. "The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects of Physician-Assisted Suicide." N Engl J Med 1996;683-687. (ERESERVE)

Brody, Howard. "Assisted Death --- A Compassionate Response to a Medical Failure." N Engl J Med 1992;327:1384-1388. (ERESERVE)

Rousseau, Paul. "Terminal Sedation in the Care of Dying Patients." Arch Intern Med 1996;156:1785-1786. (ERESERVE)

Quill, Timothy E. "Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making." N Engl J Med 1991;324:691-694. (ERESERVE)

Quill, TE. et al. "Palliative Options of Last Resort." (ERESERVE)

Truog, RD. "Barbiturates in the Care of the Terminally Ill." (ERESERVE)


SPECIAL WEBSITES FOR COURT DECISIONS
Compassion in Dying v. Washington, [1996] Text of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision.

Quill v. Vacco. [1996] Text of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision.

Vacco v. Quill.[1997] Text of the US Supreme Court Decision.

Washington v. Glucksberg. [1997] Text of the US Supreme Court Decision.