Against Physician Assisted Suicide: A Palliative Care Perspective
- ISBN-10
- 1846191866
- ISBN-13
- 9781846191862
- Category
- Assisted suicide
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Radcliffe Publishing
- Author
- David Jeffrey
Description
The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist palliative care reject the legislation of physician assisted suicide. This book explores the reasons why the healthcare professionals who have the most experience of caring for dying patients should object to a change in the law.
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