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Living Versus Dying “With Dignity”: A New Perspective on the Euthanasia Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Tom Koch
Tom Koch
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writer and researcher in the fields of on-line information and gerontology, and Forum Associate at the David-See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communications, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
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There has been no informed or honest debate in North America over the issue of liberalized euthanasia. Despite thousands of newspaper stories, scores of learned academic articles, a handful of closely analyzed legal decisions, and hours of broadcast news and talk show imagery, a full discussion is yet to begin.

Type
Special Section: Physician-Aided Death: The Escalating Debate
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , Winter 1996 , pp. 50 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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